678

Centuries:	6th century - 7th century - 8th century
Decades:	640s 650s 660s - 670s - 680s 690s 700s
Years:	675 676 677 - 678 - 679 680 681

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Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments - Disestablishments

**678 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	678 DCLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1431
Armenian calendar	127 ԹՎ ՃԻԷ
Bahá'í calendar	-1166 – -1165
Berber calendar	1628
Buddhist calendar	1222
Burmese calendar	40
Chinese calendar	3314/3374-12-3 (丁丑年十二月初三日) — to — 3315/3375-intercalary 11-13 (戊寅年閏十一月十三日)
Coptic calendar	394 – 395
Ethiopian calendar	670 – 671
Hebrew calendar	4438 – 4439
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	733 – 734
- Shaka Samvat	600 – 601
- Kali Yuga	3779 – 3780
Holocene calendar	10678
Iranian calendar	56 – 57
Islamic calendar	58 – 59
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 1338 (皇紀1338年)
Korean calendar	3011
Thai solar calendar	1221
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Events

As a preparation for worshiping the Gods of Heaven and Earth, a purification is held throughout the Empire of Japan. An Abstinence-palace is erected on the bank of the Kurahashi river.
April 27 — Japanese Emperor Temmu holds divination for the purpose of proceeding to the Abstinence-palace.
May 3 — When the Japanese Emperor and the officers are about to leave for the Abstinence-palace at the hour of sunrise, Princess Tōchi suddenly takes ill and dies within the Palace. For this reason the Emperor is unable to proceed. No Sacrifice to the Gods of Heaven and Earth results in take place.
May 10 — Princess Tōchi is buried at a place named Akō. The Emperor, her father, is graciously pleased to raise lament for her.

June 27 — Pope Agatho succeeds Pope Donus as the 79th pope. He is the first to stop paying tribute to the Byzantine Emperor upon election.
In Japan, the national worshiping to the Gods of Heaven and Earth is planned, and the Emperor tries to select a woman as a Saiō to make her serve the Gods. However, the plan is not successful because the woman, Princess Tōchi, suddenly dies.

K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab III, Maya ruler of Palenque
Zhang Jiuling, Chinese poet, scholar, and chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 740)