Editing 688

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[[File:Cunincpert tremissis 612190.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Cunipert]] of the [[Lombards]] (688–700)]]
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Year '''688''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 688 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 ====
* [[Byzantine–Bulgarian wars|Byzantine–Bulgarian War]]: Emperor [[Justinian II]] carries out a [[Balkans|Balkan]] campaign and marches through [[Thrace]], where he restores [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] rule. He establishes a [[Theme (Byzantine district)|theme]] administration, and [[Human migration|migrate]]s many [[Bulgars]] and [[Slavs]] to the [[Opsikion|Opsician Theme]] ([[Asia Minor]]).<ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|page= 71}}</ref>
* Justinian II reestablishes Byzantine settlement on [[Cyprus]], signing a treaty  with [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan|Abd al-Malik]] (and paying an annual [[tribute]]) for joint occupation of the island.

==== Europe ====
* King [[Perctarit]] of the [[Lombards]] is  assassinated by a [[List of conspiracies (political)|conspiracy]], after a 17-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [[Cunipert]], who is crowned ruler of the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombard Kingdom]] in [[Italy]].
* [[Alahis]], duke of [[Brescia]], starts a [[civil war]] in [[Northern Italy]]. He [[Siege|besiege]]s Cunipert on an island in [[Lake Como]] ([[Lombardy]]), who breaks out with [[Piedmont]]ese troops.

==== Britain ====
* King [[Caedwalla of Wessex]] abdicates the [[throne]] and departs on a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]], possibly because of the wounds he suffered while fighting on the [[Isle of Wight]].<ref>Yorke, Barbara (1990), "Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England", London: Seaby, {{ISBN|1-85264-027-8}}</ref> The [[power vacuum]] is filled by [[Ine of Wessex|Ine]], son of his second cousin, sub-king [[Cenred of Wessex|Coenred of Dorset]]. 
* King [[Æthelred of Mercia]] establishes [[Mercia]]n dominance over most of [[Southern England]]. He installs [[Oswine of Kent|Oswine]], minor member of the Kentish royal family (second cousin of king [[Eadric of Kent|Eadric]]), as king of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]]. Prince [[Swæfheard]] of [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]] is given [[West Kent]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Eadberht of Lindisfarne|Eadberht]] is appointed [[bishop]] of [[Lindisfarne]] ([[Northumbria]]). He founds the holy [[shrine]] to his predecessor [[Cuthbert]], a place that becomes a centre of great pilgrimage in later years. 
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== Births ==
* [[Charles Martel]], Frankish statesman and founder of the [[Carolingian dynasty]] (d. [[741]])
* [[Jianzhen]], Chinese [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (d. [[763]])
* [[Wang Zhihuan]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (d. [[742]])

== Deaths ==
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Ségéne]], bishop of Armagh (b. c. [[610]])
* [[Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali]], Muslim [[Scholarly method|scholar]] (or [[689]])
* [[Máel Dúin mac Conaill]], king of [[Dál Riata]] ([[Scotland]])
* [[Perctarit]], king of the [[Lombards]]
* [[Rictrude]], Frankish [[abbess]]

== References ==
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