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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Heads of states

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ End of the First Arab siege of Constantinople (674-678)

By Topic

Religion

★ 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.

Births

★ K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab III, Maya ruler of Palenque

★ Zhang Jiuling, Chinese poet, scholar, and chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 740)

Deaths

★ King Uija of Baekje

Heads of states

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