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Year 656 (DCLVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 656 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. See more
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• February 1 – King Sigebert III of Austrasia, age 25, dies after a 22-year reign. His 5-year-old son Dagobert II is kidnapped by the court chancellor, See more• Hubertus, bishop of Liège (approximate date)
• Zhong Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 710) See more• June 20 – Uthman ibn Affan, Muslim Caliph (b. 577) (martyred)
• Abdullah ibn Sa'ad, Arab governor
• Crundmáel Erbuilc, king of the Uí Ceinnselaig (Ireland)
• Cui Dunli, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 596) See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - Some results have been removed