Editing 678

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[[File:Pope Agatho.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Agatho|Pope Agatho I]] (678–681)]]
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Year '''678''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 678 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 ====
* [[July 27]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)]] ends, when the ''[[Sclaveni]]'' withdraw.
* Autumn &ndash; [[Siege of Constantinople (674–78)#Arab attacks and related expeditions in 674–678|Siege of Constantinople]]: Emperor [[Constantine IV]] confronts the [[Arabs|Arab]] besiegers in a head-on engagement. The [[Byzantine navy|Byzantine fleet]], equipped with [[Greek fire]], destroys the Muslim fleet at [[Sillyon#Byzantine period|Sillyon]],{{sfn|Haldon|1990|p=64}}{{sfn|Lilie|1976|pp=78–79}}{{sfn|Treadgold|1997|pp=326–327}}{{sfn|Mango|Scott|1997|p=494}} ending the Arab threat to Europe, and forcing [[Yazid I|Yazid]] (a son of caliph [[Muawiyah I]]) to lift the [[siege]] on land and sea. The victory also frees up forces that are sent to raise the [[Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)|two-year siege]] of [[Thessalonica]] by the local [[Sclaveni|Slavic]] tribes.

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelred of Mercia]] defeats the [[Northumbria]]n forces under King [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria|Ecgfrith]], in a battle near the [[River Trent]]. Archbishop [[Theodore of Tarsus|Theodore]] helps to resolve differences between the two, Æthelred agreeing to pay a [[weregild]] to avoid any resumption of hostilities (approximate date).

==== Japan ====
* [[April 27]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]] holds [[Onmyōdō|divination]] for the purpose of proceeding to the Abstinence Palace. 
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Princess Tōchi]] suddenly takes ill and dies within the palace. Tenmu, her father, is unable to [[sacrifice]] to the Gods of Heaven and Earth.
* [[May 10]] &ndash; Tōchi is buried at a place which could be [[Akō, Hyōgo|Akō]] ([[Hyōgo Prefecture]]). Tenmu is graciously pleased to raise lament for her.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Wilfrid]], bishop of [[York]], is at the height of his power and owns vast [[Estate (land)|estate]]s throughout [[Northumbria]]. After his refusal to agree to a division of his [[Episcopal see|see]], Ecgfrith and Theodore, archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]], have him banished from Northumbria.
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Pope Donus]] dies at Rome, after a reign of 1 year and 160 days. He is succeeded by [[Pope Agatho|Agatho I]], who becomes the 79th pope. He is the first pope to stop paying [[tribute]] to Emperor [[Constantine IV]] upon election.
* In Japan, the national worshiping to the Gods of Heaven and Earth is planned. Tenmu tries to select his daughter Tōchi as a [[Saiō]] to make her serve the Gods. However, Tōchi suddenly takes ill and dies.
* The [[Beomeosa]] temple complex in [[Geumjeong District|Geumjeong-gu]] (modern South Korea) is constructed, during the reign of King [[Munmu of Silla]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Childebert III]], Merovingian Frankish king and son of [[Theuderic III]]
* [[Childebrand I]], duke of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (d. [[751]])
* [[Kʼinich Ahkal Moʼ Nahb III]], [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruler of [[Palenque]]

== Deaths ==
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Pope Donus]]
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Princess Tōchi|Tōchi]], Japanese princess
* [[Abdullah ibn Aamir]], Arab general (b. [[626]])
* [[Ælfwine of Deira|Ælfwine]], king of [[Deira]] (approximate date)
* [[Aisha]], wife of [[Muhammad]]
* [[Saint Arbogast|Arbogast]], bishop of [[Strasbourg]]
* [[Nathalan]], Scottish [[bishop]]
* [[Wechtar of Friuli|Wechtar]], [[Lombards|Lombard]] duke of [[Duchy of Friuli|Friuli]]
* [[Zhang Wenguan]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (b. [[606]])

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Haldon |first=John F. |date=1990 |title=Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture |publisher=Cambridge University Press |edition=revised |isbn=978-0-521-31917-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSHmT1G_5T0C}}
* {{cite book |last=Lilie |first=Ralph-Johannes |author-link=Ralph-Johannes Lilie |date=1976 |title=Die byzantinische Reaktion auf die Ausbreitung der Araber. Studien zur Strukturwandlung des byzantinischen Staates im 7. und 8. Jhd. |trans-title=Byzantine Reaction to the Expansion of the Arabs. Studies on the Structural Change of the Byzantine State in the 7th and 8th Cent. |language=de |location=Munich |publisher=Institut für Byzantinistik und Neugriechische Philologie der Universität München |oclc=797598069 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mUbAAAAYAAJ}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mango |first1=Cyril |author1-link=Cyril Mango |last2=Scott |first2=Roger |date=1997 |title=The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor. Byzantine and Near Eastern History, AD 284–813 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-822568-7}}
* <!--Treadgold 1997-->{{A History of the Byzantine State and Society}}
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