668

Events

By Place

Europe

• Childeric II succeeds Clotaire III as King of the Franks.

Byzantine Empire

• September 15 — Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
• Mezezius is proclaimed Emperor by the army in Syracuse in the absence of the sons of Constans II.
• Constantine IV, son of Constans II, becomes Byzantine Emperor, succeeding Constans II. He organizes an expedition to kill the usurper Mezezius.

Africa

• Arab forces conquer the Garamantes.

Asia

• The ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, in southern Manchuria and northern Korea, is overthrown by the alliance of Tang China and Silla.
• The Emperor of Japan hunts on the Moor of Ōmi-Gamōno. The letters exchanged between Prince Ōama and Princess Nukata are recorded in Man'yōshū.

By Topic

Religion

• Theodore of Tarsus is made archbishop of Canterbury.

Births

Deaths

• Constans II, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated)
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