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675 CE

In Japan, a platform to observe the stars for astrologers is erected for the first time. Princess Tōchi and Princess Abe of Japan proceed to Ise Jingū. Tenmu issues a decree to distribute the tax-rice for peasants in poverty, as well as a decree regulating fishing and hunting, and ordering a halt to eating the flesh of cattle, horses, dogs, monkeys and barn-yard fowl, a prohibition which lasts until 1872.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • April 1 – King Hlothhere of Kent re-establishes Kentish supremacy in London.source
  • Theuderic III retakes the throne of his elder brother Childeric II. He inherits the Frankish kingdoms of Neustria and Burgundy.source

Conflict & Security

  • March 14 – Princess Tōchi and Princess Abe of Japan proceed to Ise Jingū.source
  • March 16 – Emperor Tenmu decrees the end of serfdom. He also orders an end to granting lands to Princes of the Blood, to Princes and to Ministers and Temples.source

Religion & Belief

  • The abbeys of Abingdon and Bath, England are founded (approximate date).source
  • Aldhelm is made abbot of Malmesbury Abbey in England.source
  • Clovis III, an illegitimate son of Chlothar III, is proclaimed king of Austrasia by the Austrasian nobles.source

Economy & Finance

  • May 8 – Tenmu issues a decree to distribute the tax-rice for peasants in poverty, as well as a decree regulating fishing and hunting, and ordering a halt to eating the flesh of cattle, horses, dogs, monkeys and barn-yard fowl, a prohibition which lasts until 1872.source

Science & Discovery

  • January 5 – In Japan, a platform to observe the stars for astrologers is erected for the first time.source

Crime & Justice

  • King Childeric II is murdered by a band of dissatisfied Neustrians, along with his wife Bilichild and 5-year-old son Dagobert, while hunting in the forest of Livry (modern-day Lognes) near Chelles.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • Some Japanese ministers who oppose Tenmu are banished to an isolated island. A man climbs the hill east of the Palace, curses the emperor and kills himself.source

Climate & Environment

  • September 16 – A typhoon strikes Japan.source

Culture & Society

  • 25-year-old poet Wang Bo (王勃) writes Tengwang Ge Xu, to celebrate the Tengwang Pavilion (approximate date).source

Births

  • Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary (approximate date)source
  • Huoching, Alamannic nobleman (approximate date)source
  • Wigbert, Anglo-Saxon monk (approximate date)source
  • Niu Xianke, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 742)source
  • Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Muslim caliph (approximate date; d. 717)source
  • Tervel, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire (d. 721)source

Deaths

  • February 18 – Colmán, bishop of Lindisfarnesource
  • February 21 – Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandvalsource
  • May 25 – Li Hong, prince of the Tang dynasty (b. 652)source
  • Lupus I, duke of Aquitaine (approximate date)source
  • Máel Dub, Irish monk (approximate date)source
  • Germanus of Granfelden, Frankish abbotsource
  • King Wulfhere of Mercia dies after a 17-year reign, in which he has extended his sway over much of England south of the Humber River, including Essex, Surrey, and part of Wessex north of the Thames. Wulfhere is succeeded by his brother Æthelred.source
  • Childeric II, king of the Frankssource