Editing 675

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[[File:Theuderic III.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Theuderic III]] (654–691)]]
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Year '''675''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 675 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 [[Childeric II]] is murdered by a band of dissatisfied Neustrians, along with his wife [[Bilichild]] and 5-year-old son Dagobert, while [[hunting]] in the forest of Livry (modern-day [[Lognes]]) near [[Chelles, Seine-et-Marne|Chelles]].
* [[Theuderic III]] retakes the [[throne]] of his elder brother Childeric II. He inherits the Frankish kingdoms of [[Neustria]] and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. 
* [[Clovis III]], an illegitimate son of [[Chlothar III]], is proclaimed king of [[Austrasia]] by the Austrasian [[Nobility|nobles]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Wulfhere of Mercia]] dies after a 17-year reign, in which he has extended his sway over much of [[England]] south of the [[Humber|Humber River]], including [[Essex]], [[Surrey]], and part of [[Wessex]] north of the [[River Thames|Thames]]. Wulfhere is succeeded by his brother [[Æthelred of Mercia|Æthelred]].
* [[April 1]] &ndash; King [[Hlothhere of Kent]] re-establishes [[Kent]]ish supremacy in [[London]].

==== Asia ====
* 25-year-old poet [[Wang Bo (poet)|Wang Bo]] (王勃) writes ''[[Tengwang Ge Xu]]'', to celebrate the [[Pavilion of Prince Teng|Tengwang Pavilion]] (approximate date).
* [[January 5]] &ndash; In [[Japan]], a platform to observe the stars for [[Astronomy|astrologers]] is erected for the first time.
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Princess Tōchi]] and [[Empress Genmei|Princess Abe]] of Japan proceed to [[Ise Jingū]].
* [[March 16]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]] decrees the end of [[serfdom]]. He also orders an end to granting lands to Princes of the Blood, to Princes and to Ministers and Temples.
* [[May 8]] &ndash; Tenmu issues a [[decree]] to distribute the [[tax]]-rice for peasants in poverty, as well as a decree regulating fishing and hunting, and ordering a halt to eating the flesh of [[cattle]], [[horse]]s, [[dog]]s, [[monkey]]s and barn-yard [[fowl]], a prohibition which lasts until [[1872]].
* Some Japanese ministers who oppose Tenmu are banished to an isolated island. A man climbs the hill east of the Palace, curses the emperor and kills himself.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; A [[typhoon]] strikes Japan.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The [[abbey]]s of [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]] and [[Bath Abbey|Bath]], England are founded (approximate date).
* [[Aldhelm]] is made [[abbot]] of [[Malmesbury Abbey]] in England.{{sfn|Walsh|2007|pp=21–22}}</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Saint Boniface|Boniface]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]] (approximate date)
* [[Huoching]], Alamannic [[Nobility|nobleman]] (approximate date)
* [[Niu Xianke]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (d. [[742]])
* [[Tervel of Bulgaria|Tervel]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]] (d. [[721]])
* [[Wigbert]], Anglo-Saxon [[monk]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Colmán of Lindisfarne|Colmán]], bishop of [[Lindisfarne]]
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Randoald of Grandval]], [[priory#Other prior and priories|prior]] of the [[Benedictine]] [[monastery]] of [[Grandval, Switzerland|Grandval]]
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Li Hong]], prince of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[652]])
* [[Amandus]], bishop and saint
* [[Bilichild]], Frankish queen
* [[Childeric II]], king of the [[Franks]]
* [[Germanus of Granfelden]], Frankish [[abbot]] 
* [[Lupus I of Aquitaine|Lupus I]], [[duke of Aquitaine]] (approximate date)
* [[Máel Dub]], Irish monk (approximate date)
* [[Wulfhere of Mercia|Wulfhere]], king of [[Mercia]]

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Walsh |first=Michael |date=2007 |title=A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West |location=London |publisher=Burns & Oats |isbn=978-0-86012-438-2}}{{refend}}

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