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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constans II]] issues an imperial [[edict]] forbidding [[Monothelitism]] to be discussed, to quiet the intense controversy caused by the Monothelete doctrine. This edict, distributed by patriarch [[Paul II of Constantinople|Paul II]] in Constans' name, is known as the ''[[Typos of Constans|Typos]]''.

==== Europe ====
* King [[Sigebert III]] of [[Austrasia]] is advised by [[Remaclus]] to establish a [[Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy|double-monastery]], at [[Stavelot]] and [[Malmedy]]. As a missionary [[bishop]], he founds an [[abbey]] on the [[Amblève (river)|River Amblève]] (modern Belgium).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Cenwalh of Wessex]] returns from a 3-year exile in [[East Anglia]], to reclaim his kingdom. He gives 3,000 [[Hide (unit)|hide]]s of land around [[Berkshire Downs|Ashdown]] to his nephew [[Cuthred]], possibly sub-king of [[Berkshire]] (England). 
* Cenwahl invites bishop [[Birinus]] to establish under his direction the [[Old Minster, Winchester|Old Minster]] in [[Diocese of Winchester|Winchester]]. Together they have a small stone church built.{{sfn|Kirby|2000|p=45}}

==== Asia ====
* [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] general Ashina She'er re-establishes [[Tang campaigns against Karasahr|Tang control of Karasahr]], and leads a [[Tang campaign against Kucha|military campaign]] against the [[Tarim Basin]] kingdom of [[Kucha]] in [[Xinjiang]], a vassal of the [[Western Turkic Khaganate]].

==== Americas ====
* In an early skirmish in the run up to the [[Second Tikal–Calakmul War]], [[Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil]] scores a military victory, apparently over his half-brother, who had galled him by using the same [[royal emblem]] (or [[emblem glyph]]) as he did.
* [[Dos Pilas]] breaks away from [[Tikal]] and becomes a vassal state of [[Calakmul]].

=== By topic ===

==== Literature ====
* The ''[[Book of Jin]]'' is compiled in China during the [[Tang dynasty]]. Its chief editor is the chancellor [[Fang Xuanling]], who dies in this year as well.

==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Theodore I]] excommunicates Paul II of [[Constantinople]].</onlyinclude>