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659

year

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Instance of: year
Part of: 650s
Followed by: 660
Follows: 658

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Commons category: 659
topic's main category: Category:659
point in time: 0659-01-01
has list: list of state leaders in 659
category for births in this time period: Category:659 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:659 deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

A Japanese mission ship in Hakata Bay (2010)

Year 659 (DCLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 659 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.

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