Editing 669

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[[File:Fujiwara-Kamatari.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Fujiwara no Kamatari]] (614–669)]]
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Year '''669''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 669 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 ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Spring &ndash; Arab forces that have taken [[Chalcedon]], on the [[Asian Minor|Asian]] shore of the [[Bosporus]], threaten the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] capital [[Constantinople]]. The [[Arab-Muslims|Muslim-Arabs]] are decimated by [[famine]] and disease. [[Yazid I|Yazid]], the Arab commander, retreats to the island of [[Cyzicus]] (modern [[Turkey]]).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Ecgberht of Kent]] loses the overlordship of [[Surrey]] to King [[Wulfhere of Mercia]]. Ecgberht then grants the old [[Saxon Shore|Saxon Shore Fort]] at [[Reculver]] (south-east [[England]]) to a [[priest]] named Bassa, in order to establish a [[monastery]] dedicated to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|St. Mary]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Kamatari|Kamatari]], Japanese statesman and reformer, receives the surname [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]] from Emperor [[Emperor Tenji|Tenji]] as a reward for his services, but dies in Yamato prefecture (modern-day [[Sakurai, Nara|Sakurai City]]). <sup>[Significance of this event is unclear]</sup>
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== Births ==
* [[Pope Gregory II|Gregory II]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (d. [[731]])
* [[Justinian II]], Byzantine emperor (approximate date)
* [[Qutayba ibn Muslim]], Arab general (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Kamatari]], founder of the [[Fujiwara clan]]<ref>[[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard]] (1962). "Sovereign and Subject", pp. 216–220</ref> (b. [[614]]) 
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Li Shiji]], general and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[594]])
* [[Jaruman]], bishop of [[Mercia]] (approximate date)
* [[Mezezius]], Byzantine [[usurper]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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