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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars|Byzantine–Bulgarian War]]: Emperor [[Justinian II]] defeats the [[Bulgars]] of [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] and recaptures [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonica]], the second most important [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] city in [[Europe]].{{sfn|Ostrogorsky|1956|pp=116–122}} He resettles the subdued [[Slavs]] in [[Anatolia]] (modern [[Turkey]]), where they are required to provide 30,000 men to the [[Byzantine army]].

==== Europe ====
* [[Battle of Coronate]]: The [[Lombards]] under King [[Cunipert]] defeat the army of Duke [[Alahis]], at the [[Adda River, Italy|River Adda]] ([[Lombardy]]). He executes the rebel leaders; Alahis is captured and his head and legs are cut off.<ref>Hodgkin, Thomas (1895). "Italy and her Invaders", volume 6. Oxford</ref> The southern Lombard [[Duchy|duchie]]s take advantage of Cunipert's distraction, and extend their territories. 
* [[Battle of Dorestad]]: The [[Frisians]] under King [[Redbad, King of the Frisians|Radbod]] are defeated by the [[Franks|Frankish]] mayor of the palace, [[Pippin of Herstal]].{{sfn|Blok|1968|pp=32–34}} The [[Rhine]] delta and [[Dorestad]] (modern [[Netherlands]]) become Frankish again, as well as the castles of [[Utrecht]] and [[Fectio|Fechten]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Asuka Kiyomihara Code]], a collection of governing rules commenced in [[681]] under [[Emperor Tenmu]], is promulgated in [[Japan]].

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==== Religion ====
* [[Cædwalla of Wessex]] arrives in [[Rome]] and is [[Baptism|baptised]] by pope [[Pope Sergius I|Sergius I]], taking the name [[Saint Peter|Peter]]. He dies 10 days later and is buried at [[St. Peter's Basilica]].
* Prince [[Oswald, king of the Hwicce|Oswald]], brother of King [[Osric, king of the Hwicce|Osric]] of  [[Hwicce]], founds [[Pershore Abbey]] in [[Worcestershire]] (approximate date).
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