Editing 676 (section)

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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Siege of Constantinople (674–78)#Arab attacks and related expeditions in 674–678|Siege of Constantinople]]: Caliph [[Muawiyah I]] sends his son [[Yazid I|Yazid]] with [[Muslim]] reinforcements to [[Constantinople]]. At the same time, the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] have to face a [[South Slavs|Slavic]] [[Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)|attack]] on [[Thessaloniki]] and [[Lombards|Lombard]] attacks in [[Italy]].{{sfn|Treadgold|1997|p=326}}

==== Europe ====
* [[Dagobert II]], son of the late king [[Sigibert III]], becomes (partly with the help of Bishop [[Wilfrid]]) the new ruler of [[Austrasia]], after his predecessor [[Clovis III]] is murdered.

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelred of Mercia]] invades [[Kent]], in an attempt to enforce overlordship and diminish Kentish influence in [[Surrey]] and [[London]]. His armies destroy the [[Diocese of Rochester]]{{sfn|Bede|1991|p=223|loc=book IV, chapter XII}} (seat of the [[bishop]]s in [[West Kent]]), and ravage the surrounding [[Rural area|countryside]].
* King [[Æscwine of Wessex]] dies after a 2-year reign, and is succeeded by [[Centwine of Wessex|Centwine]], son of the late king [[Cynegils of Wessex|Cynegils]]. He reasserts the power of his [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] kingdom over the [[Wales|Welsh]].

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]] of [[Japan]] promulgates a [[decree]] about [[tax]]es from fiefs, and the employment of persons for the service from the outer provinces. Men of distinguished ability are allowed to enter the service, even though they are of the common people, regardless of their ranks.
* The broad-based peninsular effort under [[Silla]]'s leadership, to prevent Chinese domination of [[Korea]], succeeds in forcing Chinese troops to withdraw into [[Manchuria]], in northeast [[China]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Aldhelm]], Anglo-Saxon scholar-[[poet]], founds [[Malmesbury Abbey]] on the site of the [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]] of his old tutor [[Máel Dub]].
* Æthelred of [[Mercia]] founds the [[monastery]] at [[Breedon on the Hill]] on the site of The Bulwarks, an [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] [[hill fort]].
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Adeodatus II]] dies at [[Rome]] after a reign of 4 years. He is succeeded by [[Pope Donus|Donus]] as the 78th [[pope]].
* [[Cuthbert of Lindisfarne]] retires to a hermitage near [[Holburn]], at a place now known as [[St Cuthbert's Cave|St. Cuthbert's Cave]].
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