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== Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Byzantine Empire ==== * Spring – Arab forces that have taken [[Chalcedon]], on the [[Asian Minor|Asian]] shore of the [[Bosporus]], threaten the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] capital [[Constantinople]]. The [[Arab-Muslims|Muslim-Arabs]] are decimated by [[famine]] and disease. [[Yazid I|Yazid]], the Arab commander, retreats to the island of [[Cyzicus]] (modern [[Turkey]]). ==== Britain ==== * King [[Ecgberht of Kent]] loses the overlordship of [[Surrey]] to King [[Wulfhere of Mercia]]. Ecgberht then grants the old [[Saxon Shore|Saxon Shore Fort]] at [[Reculver]] (south-east [[England]]) to a [[priest]] named Bassa, in order to establish a [[monastery]] dedicated to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|St. Mary]] (approximate date). ==== Asia ==== * [[November 14]] – [[Fujiwara no Kamatari|Kamatari]], Japanese statesman and reformer, receives the surname [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]] from Emperor [[Emperor Tenji|Tenji]] as a reward for his services, but dies in Yamato prefecture (modern-day [[Sakurai, Nara|Sakurai City]]). <sup>[Significance of this event is unclear]</sup> </onlyinclude>
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