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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* King [[Theuderic III]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Clovis IV]], age 9, as sole ruler of the [[Francia|Franks]]. He becomes a [[Puppet ruler|puppet]]—a ''[[roi fainéant]]''—of his uncle [[Pepin of Herstal]], [[mayor of the palace]] of [[Austrasia]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Battle of Maskin]]: An [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] army under caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan|Abd al-Malik]] defeats the rebel forces in [[Mesopotamia]] (modern [[Iraq]]). He reconquers the [[Arabian Peninsula]], taking the holy city of [[Medina]].

=== By topic ===
==== Architecture ====
* The [[Dome of the Rock]] is completed in [[Jerusalem]] (under the patronage of Abd al-Malik) during the [[Second Fitna]], becoming the first work of [[Islamic architecture]].{{sfn|Slavik|2001|p=60}}

==== Religion ====
* [[Wilfrid]], abbot of [[Ripon]], tries to make himself [[bishop]] of all [[Northumbria]]. King [[Aldfrith of Northumbria|Aldfrith]] seizes many of his [[Ripon Cathedral|Ripon Abbey]] estates, and proposes to create a [[Episcopal see|bishopric]] there. Wilfrid is banished and flees to [[Mercia]], where King [[Æthelred of Mercia|Æthelred]] makes him [[bishop of Leicester]].
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