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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Heads of states

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Æthelred succeeds his brother Wulfhere as king of Mercia

★ Friþuwald of Surrey is baptised and so is his son. Surrey becomes Christian.

Asia

★ The twenty-five-year-old Wang Bo (王勃) wrote the classic "Tengwang Ge Xu" to celebrate the Tengwang Pavilion.

By Topic

Religion

★ The abbey of Abingdon, England is founded

★ Aldhelm made abbot

Births

Deaths

★ Saint Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne

★ Wulfhere, king of Mercia

★ Saint Amand

Heads of states

★ Japan — Emperor Temmu, emperor of Japan (672–686)