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Year '''665''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 665 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[Kubrat]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of [[Old Great Bulgaria|Great Bulgaria]], dies after a 33-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [[Batbayan of Bulgaria|Batbayan]], who rules from [[Poltava]] (modern [[Ukraine]]), the lands north of the [[Black Sea]], and the [[Sea of Azov]]. 

==== Britain ====
* Conflict erupts between King [[Sighere of Essex]] and his brother [[Sæbbi of Essex|Sæbbi]], as they struggle for overlordship between [[Mercia]] and [[Wessex]]. 

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb#Second invasion|Muslim Conquest]]: An [[Arab people|Arab]] army (40,000 men) advances through the [[desert]], and captures the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] city of [[Barca (ancient city)|Barca]] ([[Libya]]).

==== Asia ====
* The city of [[Seongnam]] ([[South Korea]]) is renamed Hansanju (approximate date).
* [[Wu Zetian]], the wife of the [[Chinese emperor]], unofficially becomes an absolute ruler by eliminating her political rivals.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Wilfrid]], Anglo-Saxon [[abbot]], refuses to be consecrated in [[Northumbria]] as [[bishop]], and travels to [[Compiègne]] ([[France]]) to be consecrated by [[Agilbert]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris|archbishop of Paris]].{{sfn|Mayr-Harting|1991|pp=129–147}}
* [[Jaruman]], bishop of [[Diocese of Lichfield|Mercia]], is dispatched with Christian [[Missionary|missionaries]] to reconvert [[Saxons|Saxon]] tribes, which have returned to [[paganism]].{{sfn|Mayr-Harting|1991|p=117}}
* According to the ''[[Annales Cambriae]]'', the [[Anglo-Saxons]] convert to [[Christianity]] after the [[Battle of Badon#Second Badon|Second Battle of Badon]].
* Sighere encourages his subjects to reject [[Anglo-Saxon Christianity|Christianity]] and return to their [[Anglo-Saxon polytheism|indigenous religion]] (approximate date).

====Science====
* [[Brahmagupta]] writes his ''[[Khandakhadyaka]]''.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Glick |editor1-first=Thomas F. |editor2-last=Livesey |editor2-first=Steven |editor3-last=Wallis |editor3-first=Faith |date=2014 |page=464 |title=Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-45939-0}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Ōtomo no Tabito]], Japanese [[poet]] (d. [[731|729)]]
* [[Sa'id ibn Jubayr]], Muslim scholar (d. [[714]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Fructuosus of Braga]], French [[archbishop]]
* [[Féchín of Fore]], Irish [[monk]] and [[saint]]
* [[Hafsa bint Umar]], wife of [[Muhammad]] 
* [[Kubrat]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of [[Old Great Bulgaria|Great Bulgaria]]
* [[Li Zhong]], prince of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[643]])
* [[Yu Zhining]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. [[588]])

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Mayr-Harting |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Mayr-Harting |date=1991 |title=The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |isbn=0-271-00769-9}}
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