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[[File:Byzantine Constantinople-en.png|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Constantinople]] during the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] period]]
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Year '''674''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Siege of Constantinople (674–78)|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 Empire|Byzantine]] capital.
* [[April]] &ndash; A Muslim expeditionary force disembarks on the [[Thrace|Thracia]]n shore (near [[Bakırköy|Hebdomon]]), and lays [[siege]] to the massive [[Walls of Constantinople#Theodosian Walls|Theodosian Walls]], on the landward side to the west.
* Summer &ndash; [[Abu Ayyub al-Ansari]], companion and [[standard-bearer]] of [[Muhammad]], is killed during the [[Eyüp#Mosque and türbe of Abu Ayyub|first attempt of the siege of the city]] (approximate date).
* Winter &ndash; Arab forces under [[Yazid I|Yazid]] (son of caliph [[Muawiyah I]]) retire to [[Cyzicus]] ([[Turkey]]). For the next 4 years the Arab fleet installs a loose blockade around Constantinople.

==== Europe ====
* The Muslim-Arabs raid [[Byzantine Crete|Crete]], killing and [[Slavery|enslaving]] many soldiers (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria]] defeats a coalition led by the [[Mercia]]ns. He annexes the region of [[Kingdom of Lindsey|Lindsey]] ([[Lincolnshire]]).
* King [[Æscwine of Wessex|Æscwine]] succeeds his father Cenfus as ruler of [[Wessex]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* King [[Vikramaditya I]] of [[Chalukya dynasty|Chalukya]] defeats the [[Pallava dynasty|Pallavan]] army in battle, and destroys its capital [[Kanchipuram|Kanchi]] (modern [[India]]).<ref>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}}</ref> 
* In [[Korea]], [[Anapji]] is constructed by order of King [[Munmu of Silla]].
* In [[Japan]], [[Princess Ōku]] proceeds to the [[Ise Grand Shrine|Ise Jingu]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Æthelthryth]], former queen of [[Northumbria]], gives large areas of land to bishop [[Wilfrid]] to found [[Hexham Abbey]].
* The [[Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey|Monkwearmouth monastery]] is founded by [[Benedict Biscop]] in Northumbria.
* The first glass [[window]]s are placed in [[England|English]] churches (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Poppo (Frisian)|Poppo]], king ([[List of rulers of Frisia|duke]]) of [[Frisia]] (d. [[734]])
* [[Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik]], Muslim [[caliph]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Abu Ayyub al-Ansari]], friend (''[[sahabah]]'') of [[Muhammad]] (approximate date)
* [[Hassan ibn Thabit]], Arab [[poet]] and companion of Muhammad
* [[Daman Hongren|Hongren]], [[Chinese Chán|Chán]] ([[Buddhism|Buddhist]]) patriarch of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[601]]) 
* [[Seaxburh of Wessex|Seaxburh]], queen of [[Wessex]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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