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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 — The Battle of Karbala results in the martyrdom of Imam Hussein.
• Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I is succeeded by Yazid I ibn Muawiyah.
• In Japan, Empress-consort Uno Sarara is unwell and her husband begins the erection of the Temple of Yakushiji in Asuka, Yamato, and makes 100 persons enter religion as priests, wishing her recovering her health.

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 state

• Japan — Emperor Temmu, emperor of Japan (672–686)af:680

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