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665 CE

According to the Annales Cambriae, the Anglo-Saxons convert to Christianity after the Second Battle of Badon. Kubrat, ruler (khagan) of Great Bulgaria, dies after a 33-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Batbayan, who rules from Poltava (modern Ukraine), the lands north of the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov. Muslim Conquest: An Arab army (40,000 men) advances through the desert, and captures the Byzantine city of Barca (Libya).

Conflict & Security

  • Wu Zetian, the wife of the Chinese emperor, unofficially becomes an absolute ruler by eliminating her political rivals.source
  • The city of Seongnam (South Korea) is renamed Hansanju (approximate date).source
  • According to the Annales Cambriae, the Anglo-Saxons convert to Christianity after the Second Battle of Badon.source
  • Muslim Conquest: An Arab army (40,000 men) advances through the desert, and captures the Byzantine city of Barca (Libya).source

Religion & Belief

  • Jaruman, bishop of Mercia, is dispatched with Christian missionaries to reconvert Saxon tribes, which have returned to paganism.source
  • Brahmagupta writes his Khandakhadyaka.source
  • Wilfrid, Anglo-Saxon abbot, refuses to be consecrated in Northumbria as bishop, and travels to Compiègne (France) to be consecrated by Agilbert, archbishop of Paris.source

Climate & Environment

  • Conflict erupts between King Sighere of Essex and his brother Sæbbi, as they struggle for overlordship between Mercia and Wessex.source
  • Sighere encourages his subjects to reject Christianity and return to their indigenous religion (approximate date).source

Births

  • Ōtomo no Tabito, Japanese poet (d. 729)source
  • Sa'id ibn Jubayr, Muslim scholar (d. 714)source

Deaths

  • April 16 – Fructuosus of Braga, French archbishopsource
  • Li Zhong, prince of the Tang dynasty (b. 643)source
  • Féchín of Fore, Irish monk and saintsource
  • Hafsa bint Umar, wife of Muhammadsource
  • Kubrat, ruler (khagan) of Great Bulgariasource
  • Yu Zhining, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 588)source
  • Kubrat, ruler (khagan) of Great Bulgaria, dies after a 33-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Batbayan, who rules from Poltava (modern Ukraine), the lands north of the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov.source