666

This article is about the year. For the number, see 666 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	630s  640s  650s  – 660s –  670s  680s  690s
Years:	663 664 665 – 666 – 667 668 669

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666 (DCLXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 666th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 666th year of the 1st millennium, the 66th year of the 7th century, and the 7th year of the 660s decade. As of the start of 666, the Gregorian calendar was 3 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Wighard became Archbishop of Canterbury.
• Chertsey Abbey was built in England.
• Barking Abbey was built in England.

Births

• Zhang Jiazhen, Chinese general