Editing 687

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[[File:Pope Sergius I.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Sergius I]] (687–701)]]
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Year '''687''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 687 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 ====
* Emperor [[Justinian II]] negotiates a [[peace treaty]] with the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] (resulting in caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan|Abd al-Malik]] paying [[tribute]]). He removes 12,000 Christian [[Maronites]], who continually resist the [[Arabs]], from [[Lebanon]].{{sfn|Bury|1889|p=321}} Justinian reinforces the [[Byzantine navy]] on [[Cyprus]], and transfers [[cavalry]] troops from the [[Thracesian Theme]] in [[Anatolia]] to the [[Theme of Thrace]] in the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]].

==== Europe ====
* [[Battle of Tertry]]: King [[Theuderic III]] of [[Neustria]] is defeated by [[Pepin of Herstal]], mayor of the palace of [[Austrasia]], near [[Péronne, Somme|Péronne]] (modern France), at the [[River Somme]]. Theuderic withdraws to Paris and is forced to sign a [[peace treaty]]. Pepin becomes ''"[[de facto]]"'' ruler of the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]], and begins calling himself [[Duke of the Franks]]. He establishes a base for the future rise of the [[Pippinids]] and the [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingians]]. Pepin appoints [[Nordebert]] as [[Duke of Burgundy]], and puts him in charge of Neustria and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (as a sort of [[regent]]).
* King [[Erwig]] dies after a 7-year reign, and is succeeded by his son-in-law [[Egica|Ergica]] as ruler of the [[Visigothic Kingdom]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Mul of Kent]] and 12 companions are [[Death by burning|burnt to death]], during a [[Kingdom of Kent|Kentish]] uprising. His brother, King [[Cædwalla of Wessex]], ravages the kingdom in revenge.
* [[Adomnán]], Irish [[abbot]] of [[Iona Abbey|Iona]], visits the court of King [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria|Ecgfrith]], to ransom Irish captives (60 [[Gaels]] who had been captured in a [[Northumbria]]n raid).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Cuthbert]], bishop of [[Lindisfarne]], resigns his office and retires to his [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]] on [[Farne Islands|Inner Farne]] ([[Northumberland]]) where he dies, after a painful illness.<ref>Farmer, David Hugh (1997). ''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints''. Oxford University Press. p. 120. {{ISBN|0-19-280058-2}}.</ref>
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Pope Conon|Pope Conon I]] dies at [[Rome]] after a 1-year reign, and is succeeded by [[Pope Sergius I|Sergius I]] as the 84th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. 
* Construction of the [[Dome of the Rock]], located on the [[Temple Mount]], is started in [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Jerusalem]] (approximate date). 
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== Births ==
* [[Eucherius of Orléans|Eucherius]], Frankish [[bishop]] (d. [[743]])
* [[Wei Jiansu]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (d. [[763]]) 
* [[Wittiza]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (approximate date)
* [[Yazid II]], Muslim [[caliph]] (d. [[724]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Cuthbert]], Anglo-Saxon bishop
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Pope Conon|Pope Conon I]]
* [[Abd Allah ibn Abbas]], cousin of [[Muhammad]]
* [[Erwig]], king of the Visigoths
* [[Mul of Kent|Mul]], king of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] ([[England]])
* [[Romuald I of Benevento|Romuald I]]
* [[Wamba (king)|Wamba]], king of the Visigoths

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Bury |first=John Bagnall |author-link=J. B. Bury |date=1889 |title=A History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene |volume=II |publisher=Macmillan |location=London}}
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