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Gregorian calendar 640
DCXL
Ab urbe condita 1393
Armenian calendar 89
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Assyrian calendar 5390
Balinese saka calendar 561–562
Bengali calendar 47
Berber calendar 1590
Buddhist calendar 1184
Burmese calendar 2
Byzantine calendar 6148–6149
Chinese calendar 己亥年 (Earth  Pig)
3336 or 3276
    — to —
庚子年 (Metal  Rat)
3337 or 3277
Coptic calendar 356–357
Discordian calendar 1806
Ethiopian calendar 632–633
Hebrew calendar 4400–4401
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 696–697
 - Shaka Samvat 561–562
 - Kali Yuga 3740–3741
Holocene calendar 10640
Iranian calendar 18–19
Islamic calendar 19–20
Japanese calendar N/A
Javanese calendar 530–531
Julian calendar 640
DCXL
Korean calendar 2973
Minguo calendar 1272 before ROC
民前1272年
Nanakshahi calendar −828
Seleucid era 951/952 AG
Thai solar calendar 1182–1183
Tibetan calendar 阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
766 or 385 or −387
    — to —
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
767 or 386 or −386

Year 640 ( DCXL ) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 640 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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  • A surge in atmospheric lead in ice core drilled in the Colle Gnifetti Glacier in the Swiss Alps signals an increase in silver mining because of economic recovery, after natural disasters in 530s and 540s. [6]

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The 700s decade ran from January 1, 700, to December 31, 709.

The 610s decade ran from January 1, 610, to December 31, 619.

The 630s decade ran from January 1, 630, to December 31, 639.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">752</span> Calendar year

Year 752 (DCCLII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 752nd year of Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 752nd year of the 1st millennium, the 52nd year of 8th century, and the 3rd year of the 750s decade. The denomination 752 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

The 640s decade ran from January 1, 640, to December 31, 649.

The 650s decade ran from January 1, 650, to December 31, 659.

The 670s decade ran from January 1, 670, to December 31, 679.

The 680s decade ran from January 1, 680, to December 31, 689.

The 690s decade ran from January 1, 690, to December 31, 699.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">634</span> Calendar year

Year 634 (DCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 634 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">635</span> Calendar year

Year 635 (DCXXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 635 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">639</span> Calendar year

Year 639 (DCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 639 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">751</span> Calendar year

Year 751 (DCCLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 751 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">652</span> Calendar year

Year 652 (DCLII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 652 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

References

  1. ↑ Butler, Alfred, "The Arab Conquest of Egypt and the Last Thirty years of Roman Dominion", p. 222
  2. ↑ Al Farooq, Umar by Muhammad Husayn Haykal, chapter nr. 21
  3. ↑ "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) pp24
  4. ↑ "What happened to the Great Library at Alexandria?". World History Encyclopedia . Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ Hill, John E. (2003). "The Kingdom of Da Quin". The Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu (2nd ed.). Retrieved 2008-11-30
  6. ↑ "Why 536 was 'the worst year to be alive'". sciencemag.org Nov. 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ "The Mystery of the Red Queen of Palenque". Uncovered History. December 22, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
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