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By Place
Asia
* The Chinese
Tang Dynasty underEmperor Gaozong of Tang defeats a Turkish army.
* Emperor Gaozong of Tang commissions thepharmacology publication of an officialmateria medica , which documents 833 different substances taken from various stones, minerals, metals, plants, herbs, animals, vegetables, fruits, and cereal crops used formedicinal purposes.By Topic
Religion
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June 2 —Pope Eugene I dies and is subsequently canonized.
*July 26 —Battle of Siffin :Ali Ben Abu Talib fightsMuawiyah over theCaliph ate ofIslam and capturesAnbar .
*July 30 —Pope Vitalian succeedsPope Eugene I as the 76thpope .
*Saint Hilda founds an abbey on theYorkshire coast atWhitby .Births
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Pope Eugene I
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