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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East|Arab–Byzantine War]]: The [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] army under [[Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik]] captures [[Mopsuestia]] in [[Cilicia]] from the Byzantines, and refortifies it, making it the first major [[Muslim]] stronghold in the area that will later become the ''[[Thughur]]''.<ref>{{citation | title = A History of the Byzantine State and Society | last = Treadgold | first = Warren T. | year = 1997 | publisher = Stanford University Press | location = [[Stanford, CA]] | isbn = 0-8047-2630-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC | pages=337–339}}</ref><ref name="Byz703">{{cite book | editor-last=Venning | editor-first = Timothy | title = A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire | year = 2006 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 1-4039-1774-4 | page = 189}}</ref>
* [[Musa ibn Nusayr]], governor of [[Ifriqiya]] (western [[Libya]]), builds a Muslim fleet to harass the [[Byzantine navy]] and conquer the islands of [[Ibiza]], [[Mallorca]], and [[Menorca]] (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* [[Faroald II of Spoleto|Faroald II]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]], attacks the [[Exarchate of Ravenna]] in [[Italy]], after the death of his father [[Thrasimund I of Spoleto|Thrasimund I]]. King [[Aripert II]] of the [[Lombards]], desiring good relations with the [[Byzantine Empire]] and [[Holy See|papacy]], refuses to assist him.

==== Britain ====
* High King [[Loingsech mac Óengusso]] and his forces are routed during an invasion of [[Connacht]] ([[Ancient Ireland|Ireland]]). He is killed by the men of King [[Cellach mac Rogallaig]] (approximate date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Wilfrid]], Anglo-Saxon bishop, travels to [[Rome]] again, and is supported in his struggle to retain his [[Episcopal see|see]] of [[York]] by the [[pope]]. On his way Wilfrid stops in [[Frisia]] (modern [[Netherlands]]), to visit [[Willibrord]].<ref>Levison England and the Continent pp. 50–51</ref>
* [[List of Catholicoi of Armenia#Dvin era (452–927)|Elias I]] becomes [[Catholicos of All Armenians]].<ref name="Byz703"/>
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