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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* King [[Erwig]] of the [[Visigoths]] continues oppression of the Jews in Spain. He makes it illegal to practice any Jewish rites (''[[brit milah]]''), and presses for the conversion or [[emigration]] of the remaining Jews. 
* [[Gistemar]] becomes [[mayor of the palace]] in [[Neustria]] and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]], after he deposes his father [[Waratto]]. He reverses the peace treaty with [[Austrasia]], signed with [[Pepin of Herstal]] at [[Namur]].
* King [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria|Ecgfrith]] requests [[Benedict Biscop]] to build a second [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey|monastery]] at [[Jarrow]] ([[Northumbria]]). Benedict leaves [[Monkwearmouth]] with 20 [[monk]]s, (including his protégé, the young [[Bede]]). 
* The [[Wessex|West Saxons]], led by King [[Centwine of Wessex|Centwine]], drive the [[Celtic Britons|Britons]] of [[Dumnonia]] ([[West Country]]) to the sea (possibly around [[Bideford]]). 
* The wandering ex-Wessex sub-king, [[Cædwalla]], seeks [[Wilfrid|St. Wilfrid]] as his spiritual father, but does not convert to [[Christianity]].
* [[Bridei III]], King of the [[Picts]], campaigns violently against [[Orkney]].<ref>''[[Annals of Ulster]]''.{{full citation needed|date=September 2021}}</ref>

==== Africa ====
* At about this time, Muslim [[Umayyad Caliphate]] forces led by [[Uqba ibn Nafi]] overrun the south coast of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. He occupies the cities of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] and [[Carthage]], the last [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] bases in Africa. In 682 or 683 the Umayyads are ambushed at the [[Battle of Vescera]] near [[Biskra]] (modern [[Algeria]]) by [[Kingdom of Altava|Romano-Berbers]] of King [[Kusaila|Caecilius]] and their [[Byzantine]] allies from the [[Exarchate of Carthage]]. Uqba ibn Nafi is killed and his army evacuates the city of [[Kairouan]] in [[Tunisia]] and withdraws to [[Barca (ancient city)|Barca]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The History of Northern Africa|first=Amy|last=McKenna|publisher=Britannica Educational Publishing|year=2011|isbn=978-1615303182}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* Due to a culmination of major droughts, floods, [[locust]] plagues and epidemics, a widespread famine breaks out in the dual Chinese capital cities of [[Chang'an]] (primary capital) and [[Luoyang]] (secondary capital). The scarcity of food drives the price of grain to unprecedented heights, ending a once prosperous era under emperors [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Taizong]] and [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gaozong]] on a sad note.
* [[Emperor Tenmu]] issues a decree forbidding the Japanese-style cap of ranks and garments, and changing them into Chinese ones. He also makes a decree forbidding men to wear leggings and women to let down their hair on their backs. It is from this time, that the practice begins of women riding on horseback like men. He issues an edict prescribing the character of ceremonies and language to be used on occasions of [[ceremony]]. Ceremonial kneeling and crawling are both abolished, and the ceremonial custom of standing at the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] court is practiced.

==== Mesoamerica ====
* [[Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I]] starts to rule in [[Tikal]] (modern [[Guatemala]]) during the [[Mesoamerican chronology#Classic period|Late Classic period]].
* [[Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil]] begins a program to inscribe monuments recording his travails and ultimate victory, during the [[Second Tikal–Calakmul War]].

=== By topic ===
==== Astronomy ====
* [[January 3]] &ndash; Venus [[Occultation|occults]] Jupiter.

==== Literature ====
* The first entry is made in the Welsh chronicle ''[[Brut y Tywysogion]]''.

==== Religion ====
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo II]] succeeds [[Pope Agatho|Agatho]] as the 80th [[pope]], after a period of ''[[sede vacante]]'' ("vacant seat") of a year and 7 months.</onlyinclude>