In Nihon Shoki, a book of Japanese history finished in the eighth century, it is said that the Empire of Japan was founded in 660 BC by Emperor Jimmu.

While his accession is traditionally dated to 660 BC, no historically firm dates can be assigned to this early emperor's life or reign, nor to the reigns of his early successors.

In 1872, the Meiji government proclaimed 11 February 660 BC, in the Gregorian calendar the foundation day of Japan, which was then commemorated as the holiday Kigensetsu (" Era Day ") until 1948.

* February 11, 660 BC — Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

* 660 BC: First known use of the Demotic script.

* 660 BC: Psammetichus I drives the Assyrians out of Egypt.

* 660 BC: Estimated date of the impact that created the Kaali crater

* 660 BC: Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu on 11 February.

* 660 BC: First known use of the Demotic script.

* 660 BC: Psamtik I drives the Assyrians out of Egypt.

* 660 BC: Mythical founding of the Japanese royal family.

* 660 BC: Reign of Emperor Jimmu, first emperor of Japan, begins.

Gyges reigned 687 – 652 BC and the date of the eclipse must have been either 6 April 648 BC or 27 June 660 BC ( another date, 14 March 711 BC, is generally considered too early ).

Around 660 BC, the Demotic script ( and later Greek ) replaced hieratic in most secular writing, but hieratic continued to be used by the priestly class for several more centuries, at least into the 3rd century AD.

February 11, 660 BC is the traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

Early Chinese historians described Wa as a land of hundreds of scattered tribal communities rather than the unified land with a 700-year tradition as laid out in the 8th-century work Nihon Shoki, a partly mythical, partly historical account of Japan which dates the foundation of the country at 660 BC.

Using this authority, Duke Huan intervened in a power struggle in Lu ; protected Yan from encroaching Western Rong nomads ( 664 BC ); drove off Northern Di nomads after they'd invaded Wey ( 660 BC ) and Xing ( 659 BC ), providing the people with provisions and protective garrison units ; and led an alliance of eight states to conquer Cai and thereby block the northward expansion of Chu ( 656 BC ).

* The based on the mythical founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu in 660 BC.

Late Gothic sculpture of Rupert of Salzburg ( c 660 – 710 ).

* Rupert of Salzburg ( c 660 – 710 )

* Rodger, N. A. M., The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660 – 1649, W W Norton & Co Ltd., 1999 ISBN 0-393-04579-X

In the 2004 – 05 season, 660 clubs entered the competition, beating the long-standing record of 656 from the 1921 – 22 season.

* Eligius ( c. 588 – 660 ) chief counsellor to Dagobert I and bishop of Noyon-Tournai

* October 2 – A tornado in Osaka and Kyoto kills 1, 660, injures 5, 400, and destroys the rice harvest.

The Battle of Baekgang was actually a restoration movement by remnant forces of Baekje, since their kingdom was toppled in 660 by a joint Tang – Silla invasion, led by notable Korean general Kim Yushin ( 595 – 673 ) and Chinese general Su Dingfang.

A Naval History of Great Britain, volume one 660 – 1649.

In: Systematic Botany, volume 32, issue 3, pp. 660 – 670.

), Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner ’ s Sons, New York, 10 + 1 + 1 volumes, 1937 – 1964, volume 1 ( Abbe — Brazer ), 660 pages + 613 pages, entry « Bonaparte, Jerome Napoleon » ( 1830 – 1893 ) page 429 ( part 2 of volume 1: Barsotti — Brazer ) by T. M. S. ( Thomas Marshall Spaulding )

The sons were Ecgfrith ( 644x645 – 685 ) and Ælfwine ( c. 660 – 679 ), the daughters Osthryth ( died 697 ) and Ælfflæd ( c. 654 – 714 ).

The Bemus family lived in a log cabin approximately 500 – 660 feet northeast of the current ferry landing site.

* Whitneyville – A village just off of U. S. Route 6 and Pennsylvania Route 660 in the eastern part of the township.

* Dexter – A village on Pennsylvania Route 660 in the western part of the township.

* Thumptown – A village on Pennsylvania Route 660 near the western township line.

* Wellsboro – A borough in the eastern part of the township, located at the junctions of Pennsylvania Route 660, Pennsylvania Route 287, and U. S. Route 6.

Former major league baseball player Paul Pop-ovich, who scored 2, 660 points at Flemington High from 1955 – 58, held the mark for 52 years.

Imperial year 1 ( Kōki 1 ) was the year when the legendary Emperor Jimmu founded Japan – 660 BC according to the Gregorian Calendar.

The Mesolithic began with the Holocene warm period around 11, 660 BP and ended with the introduction of farming, the date of which varied in each geographical region.

It's one of the oldest shrines in eastern Japan, founded in 660 BC according to legend, and the real date is estimated from historical studies as the 4th century.

This agrees with the date of 660 CE associated with the founding myth, which suggests a Christian community was established here by a monk, St. Edfrid, from Northumberland.

" Tradition, as documented by the Nihon Shoki, a legendary account of Japan's history, puts the date of the Yayoi arrival in Japan at 660 BCE.

Historians date Ceolfrid's induction into monastic tradition around the date of Cynefrid's death in 660.

On March 5, 1990, Hofheinz Pavilion hosted its largest amount of spectators to date when a 10, 660 crowd attended a men's basketball game where Houston beat Texas.