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Events

By Place

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ The Chinese Tang Dynasty under Emperor Gaozong of Tang defeats a Turkish army.

★ Emperor Gaozong of Tang commissions the pharmacology publication of an official materia medica, which documented 833 different substances taken from various stones, minerals, metals, plants, herbs, animals, vegetables, fruits, and cereal crops used for medicinal purposes.

By Topic

Religion

★ June 2 — Pope Eugene I dies and is subsequently canonized.

★ July 26 — Ali Ben Abu Talib fights Muawiyah over the Caliphate of Islam and captures Anbar, Battle of Siffin.

★ July 30 — Pope Vitalian succeeds Pope Eugene I as the 76th pope.

★ Saint Hilda founds an abbey on the Yorkshire coast at Whitby.

Births

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Deaths

★ Pope Eugene I