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684

# June 26 - Pope Benedict II succeeds Pope Leo II as the 81st pope.
# 10 January - Chan Bahlum II crowned lord of Maya state of Palenque

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683

End of the reign of Pacal the Great, ruler of Maya state of Palenque

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682

August 17 - Pope Leo II succeeds Pope Agatho as the 80th pope.

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681

August 9 - The Bulgars win the war with the Byzantine Empire; the latter signs a peace treaty, which is considered as the birth-date of Bulgaria

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680

November 12 - The Sixth Ecumenical Council opens in Constantinople

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679

Adamnan becomes abbot of the monastery on Iona.

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678

* June 27 - Pope Agatho succeeds Pope Donus as the 79th pope. He is the first to stop paying tribute to the Byzantine Emperor upon election.
* End of the First Arab siege of Constantinople (674-678)

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677

Tang China declares the deposed Bojang of Goguryeo "King of Joseon," placing him in charge of the Liaodong area under the Protectorate General to Pacify the East.

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676

November 2 - Pope Donus succeeds Pope Adeodatus as the 78th pope.

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675

The abbey of Abingdon, England is founded

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674

Cenfus and then Aescwine succeed to the throne of Wessex

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673

Hlothhere becomes king of Kent

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672

April 11 - Pope Adeodatus II succeeds Pope Vitalian as the 77th pope.

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671

Chinese Buddhist pilgrim I-Ching visited the capital of the partly-Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya, Palembang, Indonesia. He reported over 1000 buddhist monks in residence.

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670

The city of Kairouan in what is now Tunisia is founded.

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669

Theodore of Tarsus appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.

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668

Goguryeo in southern Manchuria and northern Korea, was overthrown by the alliance of Tang China and Silla, leading to the unification of Korea.

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667

The Daysan River floods Edessa in Asia

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666 :shock: Ewwwwwww!!

The first Barking Abbey was founded by St. Erkenwald, Bishop of London, for his sister Saint Ethelburga, as a missionary centre.

Re: Event of the Year
 

665

South Korea, Seongnam renamed Hansanju

Re: Event of the Year
 

664

King Oswiu of Northumbria summoned the Synod of Whitby, at Saint Hilda's double monastery of Streonshalh (Streanoeshalch), later called Whitby Abbey

Re: Event of the Year
 

663

A brief outbreak of plague hits Britain.

Re: Event of the Year
 

662

The regent Grimuald usurps the kingship of the Lombards, driving Perctarit into exile and killing Godepert.

Re: Event of the Year
 

661

Perctarit and Godepert become co-rulers of the Lombards, following the death of their father Aripert.

Re: Event of the Year
 

660

Childeric II proclaimed king of Austrasia

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659

Ealdormen in Mercia rebel against Northumbrian rule and proclaim Wulfhere king.

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658

The union of Slavic tribes falls apart after King Samo's death

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657

Tang Dynasty under Tang Gao Zong defeat Turks

Re: Event of the Year
 

656

Oswiu of Northumbria annexes Mercia

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655

* November 15 - Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats Mercian king Penda in the Battle of Winwaed.
* Peada succeeds his father Penda as king of Mercia.
* Clovis II succeeded by Clotaire III.

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654

Rhodes invaded by Arab force. Remains of the Colossus of Rhodes sold off

Re: Event of the Year
 

653

England, Sigeberht II the Good succeeds Sigeberht I the Little as king of Essex

Re: Event of the Year
 

652

Arabs invade Nubia for the second time, laying siege to the city of Dunqulah and destroying its cathedral

Re: Event of the Year
 

651

Clovis II king of Neustria and Burgundy, marries the future Saint Bathilde

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650

* Islam established as state religion in Iran
* Building of St. Martin's Church, Canterbury, England

Re: Event of the Year
 

649

Reccaswinth succeeds his father Chindaswinth as king of the Visigoths

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647

Emperor Kōbun is born in Japan

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646

Alexandria recaptured by the Arabs after a Byzantine attempt to retake Egypt fails, ending nearly 10 centuries of Greaco-Roman Civilization in Egypt.

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645

Goguryeo general Yang Man-chun resist the Emperor Taizong of Tang.

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644

The Tang dynasty of China begins invasion of Goguryo

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643

Rothari, King of the Lombards, issues the Lombard law code.