Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century
Decades: 600s 610s 620s 630s 640s - 650s - 660s 670s 680s 690s 700s
Years: 652 653 654 655 656 - 657 - 658 659 660 661 662
Events
- Ali Ben Abu Talib fights Muawiyah over the overlordship of Islam
- Ali Ben Abu Talib captures Anbar
- Saint Hilda founds an abbey on the Yorkshire coast at Whitby
- Vitalian elected pope
- Tang Dynasty under Tang Gao Zong defeat Turks
Deaths