Decades: 600s 610s 620s 630s 640s - 650s - 660s 670s 680s 690s 700s

Years: 647 648 649 650 651 - 652 - 653 654 655 656 657

• Khazaria becomes an independent state (approximate date)
• Rodoald succeeds his father Rothari as king of the Lombards

• Clotaire III, king of the Franks

• Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammed, progenitor of the Abbasids
• Saint Ida of Nivelles, widow of Pippin of Landen, monastic foundress
• Rothari, king of the Lombards