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Events

By Place

Europe

* The first entry is made in the Welsh chronicle "Brut y Tywysogion".

Asia

* Due to a culmination of major droughts, floods, locust plagues, and epidemics, a widespread famine breaks out in the dual Chinese capital cities of Chang'an (primary capital) and Luoyang (secondary capital). The scarcity of food drives the price of grain to unprecedented heights, ending a once prosperous era under emperors Taizong and Gaozong on a sad note.
* Emperor Temmu of Japan issues a decree forbidding the Japanese-style cap of ranks and garments, and changing them into Chinese ones. He also makes a decree forbidding men to wear leggings and women to let down their hair on their backs. It is from this time that the practice begins of women riding on horseback like men. He issues an edict prescribing the character of ceremonies and language to be used on occasions of ceremony. Ceremonial kneeling and crawling are both abolished, and the ceremonial custom of standing of the Tang Court is practiced.

By Topic

Religion

* August 17 — Pope Leo II succeeds Pope Agatho as the 80th pope.
* The Venerable Bede goes to Jarrow.

Births

Deaths

* Bojang of Goguryeo (in exile in Sichuan)
* Buyeo Yung, former prince of Baekje (in exile in Luoyang)
* Li Jingxuan

Heads of state

* Holy See — Leo II pope (682–683)
* Japan — Emperor Temmu, emperor of Japan (672–686)