655
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 620s 630s 640s – 650s – 660s 670s 680s |
| Years: | 652 653 654 – 655 – 656 657 658 |
| Gregorian calendar | 655 DCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1408 |
| Armenian calendar | 104 ԹՎ ՃԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5405 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 576–577 |
| Bengali calendar | 62 |
| Berber calendar | 1605 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1199 |
| Burmese calendar | 17 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6163–6164 |
| Chinese calendar | 3351 or 3291 — to — 3352 or 3292 |
| Coptic calendar | 371–372 |
| Discordian calendar | 1821 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 647–648 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4415–4416 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 711–712 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 576–577 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3755–3756 |
| Holocene calendar | 10655 |
| Iranian calendar | 33–34 |
| Islamic calendar | 34–35 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Javanese calendar | 546–547 |
| Julian calendar | 655 DCLV |
| Korean calendar | 2988 |
| Minguo calendar | 1257 before ROC |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −813 |
| Seleucid era | 966/967 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1197–1198 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木 (male Wood-Tiger) 781 or 400 or −372 — to — 阴木 (female Wood-Rabbit) 782 or 401 or −371 |
655 (DCLV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 655th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 655th year of the 1st millennium, the 55th year of the 7th century, and the 6th year of the 650s decade. As of the start of 655, the Gregorian calendar was 3 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- November 15 – Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats the pagan Mercian king Penda in the Battle of the Winwaed
- Empress Saimei ascends to the throne of Japan.
- Clovis II succeeded by Clotaire III.
- Peada succeeds his father Penda as king of Mercia
- A Byzantine fleet is defeated by the Arabs at Finike.