The last pagan Anglo-Saxon king, Penda of Mercia, died in 655.

* 655 – Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.

In 655, Penda launched a massive invasion of Northumbria, aided by the sub-king of Deira, Aethelwald, but suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of an inferior force under Oswiu, Oswald's successor, at the Battle of Winwaed.

The next Mercian king was Penda, who ruled from about 626 or 633 until 655.

In 655, after a period of confusion in Northumbria, Penda brought 30 sub-kings to fight the new Northumbrian king Oswiu at the Battle of Winwaed, in which Penda in turn lost the battle and his life.

It is supposed that Stirling is the fortress of Iuddeu or Urbs Giudi where Oswiu of Northumbria was besieged by Penda of Mercia in 655, as recorded in Bede and contemporary annals.

In 655 Penda invaded Bernicia, driving Oswiu before him.

The first half of Oswiu's reign was spent in the shadow of Penda, who dominated much of Britain from 642 until 655, seemingly making and breaking kings as it suited him.

Oswiu's relations with Penda were not entirely peaceful between 642 and 655.

In 655 Bede reports that Penda invaded Bernicia at the head of a large army.

Bede tells us, in the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, that Ecgfrith was held as a hostage " at the court of Queen Cynwise in the province of the Mercians " when Penda of Mercia invaded Northumbria in 654 or 655.

In 655, Oswiu defeated and killed Penda at the Battle of the Winwaed.

Wulfhere's father, Penda, was killed in 655 at the Battle of Winwaed, fighting against Oswiu of Northumbria.

On the way back to Mercia, Oswiu overtook Penda and on 15 November 655 Oswiu and Penda fought on the banks of the ( unidentified ) river Winwaed.

Penda ( died 15 November 655 )< ref name =" fn_1 "> Manuscript A of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle gives the year as 655.

Peada ( died 656 ), a son of Penda, was briefly King of southern Mercia after his father's death in November 655 until his own death in the spring of the next year.

On 15 November 655 Oswiu defeated and killed Penda at the Battle of the Winwaed, and consequently he came to exercise power in Mercia.

It may later have been a stronghold of the Manaw Gododdin, and has also been identified with a settlement recorded in the 7th and 8th centuries as Iudeu, where King Penda of Mercia besieged King Oswy of Bernicia in 655.

The Battle of the Winwaed ( known in Brythonic as Maes Gai ) was fought on 15 November 655 ( or perhaps in 654, according to one interpretation of the chronology ), between King Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Bernicia, ending in the Mercians ' defeat and Penda's death.

Maserfield effectively marked the overthrow of Northumbrian supremacy, and in the years that followed the Mercians apparently campaigned into Bernicia, besieging Bamburgh at one point ; the Northumbrian sub-kingdom of Deira supported Penda during his 655 invasion.

Since the Historia Brittonum says Penda ruled for only ten years ( Bede says 22 years: 633 – 655 ), this may mean that it was dating Penda's reign from the time of his victory at Maserfield ; this would make sense if Eowa's death removed an important rival to Penda, enabling him to claim or consolidate authority over all the Mercians.

Conversely, Oswiu defeated and killed Penda in 655, causing Mercia to descend into disunity for a more than a decade, and allowing the Northumbrian rulers to intervene in Mercian affairs throughout that period.

The defining moment came in 655, when Penda again led an alliance of Mercians, Welsh, Deirans, and East Anglians against Bernicia, besieging Oswiu at a stronghold somewhere in the north and compelling him to sue for peace.

In 655, Æthelhere was one of thirty noble warlords who joined with Penda in an invasion of Northumbria, laying siege to Oswiu and the much smaller Northumbrian army.

A further link to a historical battle could possibly be made with the Battle of Winwaed in 655 between Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Northumbria, King of Berenicia.

In November 655 AD ( or perhaps in 654, according to one interpretation of the chronology ), the Battle of the Winwaed took place around the Whinmoor / Cock Beck / Swarcliffe area, with the Christian King Oswiu of Bernicia's army defeating the pagan army of King Penda of Mercia, although historians admit that few details are available.

Wulfhere's father, Penda, was killed in 655 fighting against Oswiu of Northumbria.

Rheged was eventually annexed in 655 when Rienmelth ferch Royth married Oswy, King of Northumbria.

He subsequently allied himself with Oswiu's enemy, Penda of Mercia, and assisted Penda during his invasion of Northumbria in 655.

since 1 January 1999, the CFAF is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655. 957 CFA francs per euro

The magazine's circulation more than quadrupled during Feldstein's tenure, peaking at 2, 132, 655 in 1974, although it had declined to a third of this figure by the end of his time as editor.

So furious were the Byzantine officials at this harsh rejection of the wishes of their emperor and patriarch that they threatened to roast Eugene, just as they had roasted Pope Martin I. Eugene was saved from the fate of his predecessor by the advance of the Muslims, who took Rhodes in 654 and defeated Constans himself in the naval battle of Phoenix ( 655 ).

He was quickly made guest-master at the new monastery at Ripon, soon after 655, but had to return with Eata to Melrose when Wilfrid was given the monastery instead.

Tatras occupy an area of 750 km² ( 290 mi² ), of which the greater part ( 600 km² / 232 mi² ) lies in Slovakia, with the highest peak Gerlach at 2, 655 m ( 8710 ft ), located north of Poprad.

It had a population of 1, 029, 655 at the 2010 census.

A short distance later, at the second intersection with Old South Avenue, the route becomes state-maintained again and continues past businesses, intersecting County Route 655 ( Martine Avenue ) before it heads into residential neighborhoods and meets County Route 601 ( Laurel Place ).

There were 13, 655 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile ( 13 / km² ).

It was written at the Benedictine Abbey of Croyland, in Lincolnshire, England, off and on from 655 to 1486, and its first author claimed to be ' Ingulph ' or ' Ingulf ' of Croyland '.

There were 23, 655 housing units at an average density of 1, 045. 3 / sq mi ( 403. 6 / km² ).

As of the 2010 census, the population was 466, down from the 655 reported at the 2000 census.

There were 655 housing units at an average density of 706. 7 per square mile ( 272. 8 / km² ), of which 141 ( 22. 7 %) were owner-occupied, and 480 ( 77. 3 %) were occupied by renters.

The population was 7, 655 at the 2010 census, down from 8, 551 at the 2000 census.

There were 3, 009 housing units at an average density of 655. 9 per square mile ( 253. 3 / km² ), of which 2, 227 ( 79. 5 %) were owner-occupied, and 573 ( 20. 5 %) were occupied by renters.

There were 1, 655 housing units at an average density of 57. 2 per square mile ( 22. 1 / km² ).

There were 147 housing units at an average density of 258. 0 / km² ( 655. 3 / mi² ).

There were 3, 750 housing units at an average density of 1, 405. 7 / km² ( 3, 655. 0 / mi² ).

The population was 655 at the 2000 census, although local officials claim the true population in 2000 was 842.

The population was 5, 655 at the 2000 census.