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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Heads of states

Events

By Place

Europe

★ The Bulgars subjugate the country of current-day Bulgaria

★ Pippin of Herstal becomes Mayor of the Palace

★ Erwig deposes Wamba to become king of the Visigoths.

★ Perctarit, king of the Lombards, makes his son Cunincpert co-ruler

Asia

★ October 10 — Martyrdom of Imam Hussein

★ Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I succeeded by Yazid I ibn Muawiyah

By Topic

Religion

★ November 12 — The Sixth Ecumenical Council opens in Constantinople

Births

★ Boniface, missionary to Germany.

★ Empress Genshō of Japan.

★ Wu Daozi, Chinese painter (d. 740).

Deaths

★ January 30 — Balthild, queen of Neustria and Burgundy

★ May 6 - Muawiyah I, Sunni caliph

★ October 10 — Husayn bin Ali (''The Martyr''), grandson of Muhammad (see Battle of Karbala)

★ Wamba, king of the Visigoths

Heads of states

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