Years: 645 646 647 648 - 649 - 650 651 652 653

Decades: 610s 620s 630s - 640s - 650s 660s 670s

Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century

Events

• July 5 - Martin I becomes pope
• Arabs conquer Cyprus
• Reccaswinth succeeds his father Chindaswinth as king of the Visigoths.
• Pope Martin I strongly condemns Monothelitism

Births

Deaths

• May 14 - Pope Theodore I
• John Climacus, Christian saint (approximate date)
• Saint Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester, evangelist to the West Saxons (approximate date)
• Chindaswinth , king of the Visigoths.