Editing 676

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[[File:Tiers de sou de Dagobert II.jpeg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Dagobert II]] of [[Austrasia]] (c. 650–679)]]
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Year '''676''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 676 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 ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Siege of Constantinople (674–78)#Arab attacks and related expeditions in 674–678|Siege of Constantinople]]: Caliph [[Muawiyah I]] sends his son [[Yazid I|Yazid]] with [[Muslim]] reinforcements to [[Constantinople]]. At the same time, the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] have to face a [[South Slavs|Slavic]] [[Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)|attack]] on [[Thessaloniki]] and [[Lombards|Lombard]] attacks in [[Italy]].{{sfn|Treadgold|1997|p=326}}

==== Europe ====
* [[Dagobert II]], son of the late king [[Sigibert III]], becomes (partly with the help of Bishop [[Wilfrid]]) the new ruler of [[Austrasia]], after his predecessor [[Clovis III]] is murdered.

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelred of Mercia]] invades [[Kent]], in an attempt to enforce overlordship and diminish Kentish influence in [[Surrey]] and [[London]]. His armies destroy the [[Diocese of Rochester]]{{sfn|Bede|1991|p=223|loc=book IV, chapter XII}} (seat of the [[bishop]]s in [[West Kent]]), and ravage the surrounding [[Rural area|countryside]].
* King [[Æscwine of Wessex]] dies after a 2-year reign, and is succeeded by [[Centwine of Wessex|Centwine]], son of the late king [[Cynegils of Wessex|Cynegils]]. He reasserts the power of his [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] kingdom over the [[Wales|Welsh]].

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]] of [[Japan]] promulgates a [[decree]] about [[tax]]es from fiefs, and the employment of persons for the service from the outer provinces. Men of distinguished ability are allowed to enter the service, even though they are of the common people, regardless of their ranks.
* The broad-based peninsular effort under [[Silla]]'s leadership, to prevent Chinese domination of [[Korea]], succeeds in forcing Chinese troops to withdraw into [[Manchuria]], in northeast [[China]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Aldhelm]], Anglo-Saxon scholar-[[poet]], founds [[Malmesbury Abbey]] on the site of the [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]] of his old tutor [[Máel Dub]].
* Æthelred of [[Mercia]] founds the [[monastery]] at [[Breedon on the Hill]] on the site of The Bulwarks, an [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] [[hill fort]].
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Adeodatus II]] dies at [[Rome]] after a reign of 4 years. He is succeeded by [[Pope Donus|Donus]] as the 78th [[pope]].
* [[Cuthbert of Lindisfarne]] retires to a hermitage near [[Holburn]], at a place now known as [[St Cuthbert's Cave|St. Cuthbert's Cave]].
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== Births ==
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Prince Toneri|Toneri]], Japanese prince (d. [[735]])
* [[John of Damascus]], Syrian [[monk]] and [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]]  (approximate date)
* [[Muhammad al-Baqir]], fifth [[Imamah (Shia doctrine)|Shia Imam]] (approximate date; d. [[733]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Adeodatus II]]
* [[Æscwine of Wessex|Æscwine]], king of [[Wessex]]
* [[Clovis III]], king of [[Austrasia]]
* [[Le Yanwei]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]]
* [[Mangsong Mangtsen]], emperor of [[Tibetan Empire|Tibet]]
* [[Wang Bo (poet)|Wang Bo]], Chinese [[List of Chinese-language poets|poet]]

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Bede |author-link=Bede |year=1991 |title=[[Ecclesiastical History of the English People]] |translator=[[Leo Sherley-Price]] |others=Revised by [[R. E. Latham]] |editor=D. H. Farmer |location=London |publisher=Penguin |isbn=0-14-044565-X}}
* {{cite book |last=Treadgold |first=Warren |author-link=Warren Treadgold |date=1997 |title=A History of the Byzantine State and Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=0-8047-2630-2}}
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