Editing 662

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[[File:Maximus the Confessor.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Icon]] of [[Maximus the Confessor]] (c. 580–662)]]
Year '''662''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 662 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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

==== Europe ====
* King [[Godepert]] makes war against his brother [[Perctarit]]. He seeks the aid of [[Grimoald I of Benevento|Grimoald I]], duke of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]], who has him assassinated; his son [[Raginpert]] escapes. Grimoald usurps the [[throne]] and becomes ruler of the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombard Kingdom]]. Perctarit is [[exile]]d, and seeks refuge in [[Gaul]] and [[Great Britain|Britain]].
* The [[Franks]] take advantage of the Lombard [[civil war]] and invade [[Northern Italy]], but are defeated by Grimoald I. King [[Chlothar III]] gives [[Austrasia]] to his youngest brother [[Childeric II]]. He is raised on the shield of his warriors and proclaimed king of [[Austrasia]].<ref>Patrick J. Geary, "Before France & Germany, the Creation & Transformation of the Merovingian World". (New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988), p. 180</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Swithhelm of Essex|Swithelm of Essex]] is converted to [[Christianity]] and [[Baptism|baptised]] by [[Cedd]], at the court of King [[Æthelwold of East Anglia|Æthelwald of East Anglia]], who acts as his sponsor. [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]] may have held some sort of overlordship over [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]] at this time (approximate date).

==== Arab Empire ====
* [[Early Muslim conquests|Muslim Conquest]]: Arab forces of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] resume the push to capture [[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] lands, and begin to move towards the lands east and north of the [[plateau]], towards [[Greater Khorasan]] ([[Iran]]) and the [[Silk Road]] along [[Transoxiana]].
* [[Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan]], Muslim general and a member of the Umayyad [[clan]], is appointed governor of [[Iraq]] ([[Basra]]) and the former Persian provinces (approximate date).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Maximus the Confessor]], Byzantine [[monk]] and [[Theology|theologian]], dies in exile in [[Lazica]] (modern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]), on the southeastern shore of the [[Black Sea]]. 
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== Births ==
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Emperor Ruizong of Tang|Rui Zong]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[716]])
* [[Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn]], Muslim [[martyr]] (d. [[680]])
* [[Kakinomoto no Hitomaro]], Japanese [[Japanese poetry|poet]] (approximate date)
* [[Prince Kusakabe|Kusakabe]], Japanese [[crown prince]] (d. [[689]])
* [[Odile of Alsace]], Frankish [[abbess]] (approximate date)
* [[Rumwold of Buckingham]], Anglo-Saxon prince and [[saint]]

== Deaths ==
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Maximus the Confessor]], Byzantine [[Theology|theologian]]
* [[Godepert]], king of the [[Lombards]]
* Rumwold of Buckingham, Anglo-Saxon prince and saint
* [[Lai Ji]], official of the Tang dynasty (b. [[610]])
* [[Qais Abdur Rashid]] from whom all [[Pashtuns]] descend according to local Pashto folklore<ref>Kriti M. Shah, "The Pashtuns, the Taliban, and America’s Longest War", Asian Survey, Vol. 57, Number 6 (2017) pp. 981–1007</ref>

== References ==
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