What is 655?
{{Year nav|655}} {{Year in various calendars|655}} {{Year article header|655}} == Events == *[[November 15]] – [[Northumbria]]n king [[Oswiu of Northumbria|Oswiu]] defeats the pagan [[Mercia]]n king Penda in the [[Battle of the Winwaed]] *[[Empress Kogyoku|Empress Saimei]] ascends to the throne of [[Japan]]. *[[Clovis II]] succeeded by [[Clotaire III]]. *[[Peada of Mercia|Peada]] succeeds his father Penda as king of Mercia *A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] fleet is defeated by the [[Arab]]s at Finike. {{births}} {{deaths}} [[Category:655| ]]