674

674 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	674 ; DCLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1427
Armenian calendar	123 ; ?? ???
Assyrian calendar	5424
Balinese saka calendar	595?596
Bengali calendar	81
Berber calendar	1624
Buddhist calendar	1218
Burmese calendar	36
Byzantine calendar	6182?6183
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster ) ; 3371 or 3164 ; ? to ? ; 甲戌年 (Wood Dog ) ; 3372 or 3165
Coptic calendar	390?391
Discordian calendar	1840
Ethiopian calendar	666?667
Hebrew calendar	4434?4435
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	730?731
- Shaka Samvat	595?596
- Kali Yuga	3774?3775
Holocene calendar	10674
Iranian calendar	52?53
Islamic calendar	54?55
Japanese calendar	Hakuchi 25 ; (白雉２５年)
Javanese calendar	565?566
Julian calendar	674 ; DCLXXIV
Korean calendar	3007
Minguo calendar	1238 before ROC ; 民前1238年
Nanakshahi calendar	?794
Seleucid era	985/986 AG
Thai solar calendar	1216?1217
Tibetan calendar	?水?年 ; (female Water- Rooster ) ; 800 or 419 or ?353 ; ? to ? ; ?木狗年 ; (male Wood- Dog ) ; 801 or 420 or ?352

Millennium :	1st millennium
Centuries :	6th century ; 7th century ; 8th century ;
Decades :	650s ; 660s ; 670s ; 680s ; 690s ;
Years :	671 ; 672 ; 673 ; 674 ; 675 ; 676 ; 677 ;

Year 674 ( DCLXXIV ) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . The denomination 674 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.

Events [ edit ]

Siege of Constantinople : The Arab fleet enters the Sea of Marmara and appears before the southern walls of Constantinople , in an attempt to blockade the Byzantine capital.
April – A Muslim expeditionary force disembarks on the Thracian shore (near Hebdomon ), and lays siege to the massive Theodosian Walls , on the landward side to the west.
Summer – Abu Ayyub al-Ansari , companion and standard-bearer of Muhammad , is killed during the first attempt of the siege of the city (approximate date).
Winter – Arab forces under Yazid (son of caliph Muawiyah I ) retire to Cyzicus ( Turkey ). For the next 4 years the Arab fleet installs a loose blockade around Constantinople.

The Muslim-Arabs raid Crete , killing and enslaving many soldiers (approximate date).

King Ecgfrith of Northumbria defeats a coalition led by the Mercians . He annexes the region of Lindsey ( Lincolnshire ).
King Æscwine succeeds his father Cenfus as ruler of Wessex (approximate date).

King Vikramaditya I of Chalukya defeats the Pallavan army in battle, and destroys its capital Kanchi (modern India ). ^[1]
In Korea , Anapji is constructed by order of King Munmu of Silla .
In Japan , Princess ?ku proceeds to the Ise Jingu .

Æthelthryth , former queen of Northumbria , gives large areas of land to bishop Wilfrid to found Hexham Abbey .
The Monkwearmouth monastery is founded by Benedict Biscop in Northumbria.
The first glass windows are placed in English churches (approximate date).

^ Spencer C. Tucker (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: "From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East", p. 205. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5