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Events
By Place
Europe
* The
Bulgars subjugate the country of current-dayBulgaria .
*Pippin of Herstal becomesMayor of the Palace .
*Erwig deposes Wamba to become king of theVisigoths .
*Perctarit , king of theLombards , makes his sonCunincpert co-ruler.Asia
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October 10 — TheBattle of Karbala results in the martyrdom ofImam Hussein .
* Umayyadcaliph Muawiyah I is succeeded byYazid I ibn Muawiyah.
* In Japan, Empress-consort Uno Sarara is unwell and her husband begins the erection of the Temple ofYakushiji inAsuka, Yamato , and makes 100 persons enter religion as priests, wishing her recovering her health.By Topic
Religion
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November 12 — TheSixth Ecumenical Council opens inConstantinople (ending dateSeptember 16 ,681 ).Births
* Boniface,
missionary toGermany
*Empress Genshō ofJapan
*Wu Daozi , Chinese painter (d.740 )Deaths
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January 30 —Balthild , queen ofNeustria andBurgundy
*May 6 -Muawiyah I , Sunni caliph
*October 10 —Husayn bin Ali ("The Martyr"), grandson ofMuhammad (seeBattle of Karbala )
*Wamba , king of theVisigoths Heads of state
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Japan —Emperor Temmu , emperor of Japan (672–686)
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