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Events

Deaths

Events

★ Chertsey Abbey is founded.

★ Barking Abbey is founded.

★ Wighard becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

★ Wilfrid returned from France freshly consecrated as Bishop of York

★ Muawiyah I accession to the position of Caliphate

★ Again, the Chinese Buddhist monks Zhi Yu and Zhi You craft more South Pointing Chariot vehicles for Emperor Tenji of Japan, as recorded in the ''Nihon Shoki'' (the South Pointing Chariot is a non-magnetic, mechanical-driven directional-compass vehicle that incorporates the use of a differential gear).

Deaths

★ November 26 — Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (birthdate unknown; other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)