668
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Events

By Place

Europe

• Childeric II succeeds Clotaire III as King of the Franks.
• Kotrag leads Khazars in overthrowing his brother Batbayan who moves south into caucasus with his Balkars, Asparukh moves into Moesia, while the remaining two sons of Kubrat move into Pannonian and ultimately also Keramissian plains.

Byzantine Empire

• September 15 — Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
• Mezezius is proclaimed Emperor by the army in Syracuse in the absence of the sons of Constans II.
• Constantine IV, son of Constans II, becomes Byzantine Emperor, succeeding Constans II. He organizes an expedition to kill the usurper Mezezius.

Africa

• Arab forces conquer the Garamantes.

Asia

• The ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, in southern Manchuria and northern Korea, is overthrown by the alliance of Tang China and Silla.
• The Emperor of Japan hunts on the Moor of Ōmi-Gamōno. The letters exchanged between Prince Ōama and Princess Nukata are recorded in Man'yōshū.

By Topic

Religion

• Theodore of Tarsus is made archbishop of Canterbury.
• The Number of the Beast

666 or 616 not 668 if someone can make a correction here

Births

Deaths

• Constans II, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated)
• Zhiyan