| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 640s 650s 660s – 670s – 680s 690s 700s |
| Years: | 669 670 671 – 672 – 673 674 675 |
| 672 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 672 DCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1425 |
| Armenian calendar | 121 ԹՎ ՃԻԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1172 – -1171 |
| Berber calendar | 1622 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1216 |
| Burmese calendar | 34 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6180 – 6181 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年十一月廿六日 (3308/3368-11-26) — to —
壬申年十二月初七日(3309/3369-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 388 – 389 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 664 – 665 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4432 – 4433 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 727 – 728 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 594 – 595 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3773 – 3774 |
| Holocene calendar | 10672 |
| Iranian calendar | 50 – 51 |
| Islamic calendar | 51 – 53 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3005 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1215 |
672 was a leap year of the 7th century.
Events
By place
Europe
Asia
- Emperor Kōbun reigns briefly as emperor of Japan, followed by his uncle Emperor Temmu who overthrew his newphew in a brief but violent battle called The Jinshin War.
By topic
Religion
- April 11—Pope Adeodatus II succeeds Pope Vitalian as the 77th pope.
Births
- The Venerable Bede, Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist (approximate date of birth) (died 735)
Deaths
- January 7—Emperor Tenji of Japan (born 626)
- January 27—Pope Vitalian
- February 2—Saint Chad
- August 21—Emperor Kōbun of Japan (born 648)
- September 20—Xu Jingzong, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 592)
- Reccaswinth, king of the Visigoths
- Geom Mojam, Goguryeo military leader
- Jiang Ke
In Popular Culture
- 672 is a song on the self-titled album by the punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls.
Dialing codes
- +672 is the international dialing code for Antarctica.
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