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Heads of State

Year of the Earth Dragon龙 辰( at the beginning of the year fire - hare丁卯)

Era of Diocletian: 384/385 ( year November )

Syria: 979/980 (October)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Byzantine Empire

Islamic expansion

• 668/669: First Arab advance to Constantinople Opel and siege of the city.

Asia

• The Chinese Conquer Pyongyang and annex the Kingdom of Goguryeo. The southern part of The Kingdom of Silla.

Religion

• Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury is.

Born

• Al - Walid I, the Islamic Caliph († 715)
• Gyoki, a Buddhist monk in Japan ( † 749 )

Died

• Brahmagupta, Indian mathematician (* 598)
• Constans II, Byzantine emperor (* 630)
• Mizizios, Byzantine usurper
• Saborios, Byzantine general and usurper
• Wandregisel, saint and founder of the monastery ( * before 600)