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Events

By Place

Europe

• Rhodes is invaded by an Arab force; remains of the Colossus of Rhodes are sold off.
• King Reccaswinth issues a Visigothic law code.

Asia

• Nakatomi no Kamatari of Japan is granted the Shikwan (the Purple Cap).
• A Japanese ambassador is sent to Tang again. The Controling Envoy, Takamuku no Kuromaro, reaches the capital of Tang, where he has an audience of the Chinese Emperor.

By Topic

Religion

• September 17 — Martin I arrives in Constantinople, where he is eventually deposed as pope by the emperor Constans II.

Births

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Deaths

• January 16 — Gao Jifu, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 596)
• Emperor Kōtoku, emperor of Japan
• Penda of Mercia, king of Mercia (overthrown and killed by Oswiu)

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