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Asia
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Wu Ze Tian takes power in China.
* The Ummayad caliphMuawiya II is succeeded byMarwan I .
*September 7 — A large comet is observed in Japan (it's Japan's oldest observation record of theHalley's Comet ).
*November 13 —Emperor Temmu institutes eight titles of eight classes ("Yakusa-no-kabane") in Japan.
*November 26 — A great earthquake strikes Japan. The people, houses, temples, shrines and domestic animals are greatly damaged.Americas
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10 January —K'inich Kan B'alam II accedes to the rulership of the Maya polity ofPalenque .By Topic
Religion
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June 26 —Pope Benedict II succeedsPope Leo II as the 81stpope .Births
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Gao Lishi , Chinese official and court eunuch (d.762 )
*Tachibana no Moroe , Japanese prince and minister (d.757 )Deaths
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Luo Binwang , Chinese poet and official (born c.640 )
*Li Xian
*November 30 -Pei Yan , Chinesechancellor of the Tang Dynasty Heads of state
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Holy See — Benedict IIpope (684–685)
*Japan —Emperor Temmu , emperor of Japan (672–686)
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