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I don't have enough context to write an accurate overview. You've indicated that "662" relates to a year, but I need more information to determine what specifically happened in 662 or why it matters historically. Could you provide additional context about what "662" refers to?

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Instance of
year
Part of
660s
Followed by
663
Follows
661
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Commons category
662
topic's main category
Category:662
point in time
0662-01-01
category for births in this time period
Category:662 births
category for deaths in this time period
Category:662 deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Icon of Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662) Year 662 (DCLXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 662 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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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “662” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.