661 BC er

• 661 (659 or 660) - The base of the Greek colony of Byzantium on the banks of the Bosporus.
• The Assyrian army rejects Tanuatamona to Ethiopia. Assyrians took and plundered Thebes.
• The outbreak of unrest in Egypt , which will continue until 626 years and will lead to the expulsion of the Assyrians .

China

• The first year of the era of the reign of the Prince of Ling Minh-guna ^[1] .
• In the first moon, Qi, on the advice of Guan Jung, assisted Xing and walled his capital ^[2] .
• In the 6th moon, on the day of chi-yu , the Lutsk Chuang-gun was buried ^[3] .
• In the 8th moon, the princes Qi and Lu signed a treaty in Lo-gu (locality in Qi). According to Zuo Zhuang , on the initiative of Prince Tsi Tszyu (Ji-tzu or gun-zi Yu), he returned to Lu from Chen and was greeted there with joy, Min-gong was waiting for him in Lang ^[4] .
• In winter, Zhongsun arrived from Qi to Lu (according to " Zuo Zhuan ", this is a Cyan dignitary, according to Gulian - gun-tzu Ching-fu) ^[5] .
• The Prince of Chin created two armies and put Shen-Sheng commander of the lower army (Shih-wei declared that this assignment was not correct - episode 86 " Guo yu " ^[6] ). The Jin prince attacked Wei , captured Ho and Geng (an attack on Ho led Zhao Su). For the first time they were granted: the lands of Geng - Zhao Xi (Zhao Su), the lands of Wei - Bi Wanyu, both became dafu, from which their elevation began. For the heir, the prince surrounded the walls of Quiwo. The astrologer Guo Yan predicted that the descendants of Bi Vanya would rise ^[7] . Ruler Ho fled to Qi , a drought happened to Jin , divination showed that it was necessary to honor the spirit of Mount Hot. For this, Ambassador Zhao Su went to Qi and brought ruler Ho from there, and then came the harvest year ^[8] .