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=== By place ===

==== Britain ====
* King [[Sighere of Essex]] dies after a 19-year joint reign. His brother [[Sæbbi]] becomes the sole ruler of [[Essex]] until his death in [[694]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Chaney | first = William A. | author-link = William Chaney | title = The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England: The Transition from Paganism to Christianity | date = 1970 | publisher = Manchester University Press | location = Manchester | page = 168 }}</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Second Fitna]]:
** [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of al-Harra]]: The [[Umayyad Caliphate]] defeats the rebel defenders of [[Medina]], at a lava field northeast of the city.
** September–November &ndash; [[Siege of Mecca (683)|Siege of Mecca]]: The Umayyad army led by [[Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni]] besieges [[Mecca]], during which the [[Kaaba]] ("Sacred House") catches fire and is burned down.
** [[November 14]] &ndash; Caliph [[Yazid I]] dies at [[Damascus]], after a 3-year reign marked by [[civil war]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Muawiya II]] as ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate.

==== Asia ====
* [[December 27]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gaozong]] dies at [[Luoyang]], age 55, after a 34-year reign in which he expanded the [[History of China#Tang dynasty (618–907)|Chinese Empire]] by acquiring [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]] as a [[vassal state]].
* Emperor [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]] decrees  a [[Japanese currency|reform]] in [[Japan]]; copper coins must be used instead of [[silver]] coins. Three days later he issues a decree to allow the continued use of silver.
* Prince [[Prince Otsu|Ōtsu]], son of Tenmu, starts to attend to matters of State at about this time.
* [[Srivijaya]] is founded by [[Sri Jayanasa of Srivijaya|Sri Jayanasa]] in [[Sumatra]]

==== Mesoamerica ====
* [[K'inich Janaab' Pakal]] ("Pacal the Great"), ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] state of [[Palenque]] ([[Mexico]]), dies after a 68-year reign. He is buried in the [[Temple of the Inscriptions]]. He is the [[list of longest-reigning monarchs|longest-reigning monarch]] in the world until [[Louis XIV]] breaks that record in 1711, almost 1028 years later and remains the longest-reigning monarch in the Americas until [[Elizabeth II]] breaks that record in 2020, almost 1337 years later