Editing AD 679

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Year '''679''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 679 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 [[Constantine IV]] signs a peace treaty, of a nominal 30-year duration, with Caliph [[Mu'awiya I]] of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. Constantine pays an annual [[tribute]] of 3,000 (''[[Solidus (coin)|nomismata]]'') pounds of gold, 50 horses and 50 slaves. The [[Arabs|Arab]] garrisons are withdrawn from their bases on the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] coastlands, including [[Crete]] & [[Cyzicus]].{{sfn|Haldon|1990|p=64}}<ref>Kaegi (2008), pp. 381–382{{full citation needed|date=September 2021}}</ref>{{sfn|Lilie|1976|pp=81–82}}{{sfn|Treadgold|1997|p=327}}

==== Europe ====
* [[December 23]] &ndash; King [[Dagobert II]] is murdered in a [[hunting]] accident, near [[Stenay|Stenay-sur-Meuse]] ([[Ardennes]]), probably on orders from [[Pepin of Herstal]], the [[mayor of the palace]] of [[Austrasia]].<ref>E. Vagandard (1902), "Revue des Questions Historiques", pp. 63–67</ref> He is succeeded by [[Theuderic III]], who becomes sole ruler of the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelred of Mercia]] marries Princess [[Osthryth]], sister of King [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria]] (approximate date).

==== Americas ====
* [[Nuun Ujol Chaak]], an [[ajaw]] of the [[Maya city]] of [[Tikal]], is by this year deceased, after his final defeat at the hands of [[Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil]], during the [[Second Tikal–Calakmul War]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Adomnán]], clerical lawyer, becomes [[abbot]] of the [[monastery]] of [[Iona Abbey]], located on the island of [[Iona]] (modern Scotland).
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Leodegar]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun|Autun]], is [[torture]]d and executed by [[Neustria]]n nobles at [[Fécamp]] ([[Upper Normandy|Normandy]]).
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== Births ==
* [[Sima Zhen]], Chinese historian (d. [[732]])
* [[Pope Zachary|Zachary]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (d. [[752]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Æthelthryth]], queen of [[Northumbria]]
* [[October 2]], [[Leodegar]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun|bishop of Autun]]
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Dagobert II]], king of [[Austrasia]]
* [[Ælfwine of Deira|Ælfwine]], king of [[Deira]] (approximate date)
* [[Cenn Fáelad mac Ailella]], Irish scholar
* [[Dai Zhide]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]]
* [[Sigebert IV]], Frankish prince (approximate date)
* [[Xu Yushi]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty

== 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}}
* <!--Treadgold 1997-->{{A History of the Byzantine State and Society}}
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