670s

The 670s decade ran from January 1, 670, to December 31, 679.

670

By place

Byzantine Empire

Arab-Byzantine War: The Arab fleet dominates the Aegean Sea and conquers the strategic islands, Rhodes, Cos and Chios. The shore on the southern part of Sea of Marmara is taken, providing an excellent base at Cyzicus to begin the blockade of Constantinople by sea.^[1]

Britain

February 15 – King Oswiu of Northumbria dies during a pilgrimage to Rome in the company of bishop Wilfrid.^[2] He is succeeded by his son Ecgfrith, while his youngest son Ælfwine becomes king of Deira. Oswiu is buried at Whitby Abbey, alongside Edwin of Northumbria.

Arabian Empire

Muslim Conquest: Arab forces (10,000 men) under general Uqba ibn Nafi invade the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa. He establishes a military base at Kairouan (Tunisia) for further invasions, and founds the Great Mosque, also known as the "Mosque of Uqba".

Asia

Battle of Dafei River: Chinese forces (80,000 men), under general Xue Rengui of the Tang dynasty, are annihilated by the Tibetans, who take over control of the Tarim Basin.
A Goguryeo restoration movement, led by Geom Mojam in northern Korea, places Anseung on the throne. Geom is later murdered, and Anseung flees to neighboring Silla.
Tarumanagara (modern Indonesia) is divided into two kingdoms (Sunda Kingdom and Galuh Kingdom), with the Citarum River as the boundary (approximate date).
A family register, Kogo-nenjaku, is prepared in Japan (approximate date).

By topic

Religion

Hōryū-ji, a Japanese Buddhist temple, burns to the ground after being hit by lightning; its reconstruction is immediately begun.
The diocese of Dorchester-on-Thames in England is replaced by the Diocese of Winchester (approximate date).

670

Bertrada of Prüm, Merovingian princess (approximate date)
Childebert III, king of the Franks (approximate date)
Corbinian, Frankish bishop (approximate date)
Drogo, Carolingian duke of Champagne (d. 708)
Petronax, Italian monk and abbot (approximate date)
Smbat VI, Armenian prince (approximate date)
Tariq ibn Ziyad, Muslim general (d. 720)
Tatwine, archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date)
Tridu Songtsen, emperor of Tibet (d. 704)
Wihtred, king of Kent (approximate date)

671

Sigebert IV, Frankish prince (approximate date)

672

Bede, Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian (approximate date)
Chilperic II, king of the Franks (approximate date)
Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, Muslim governor (d. 720)

673

Æthelburg, queen of Wessex (approximate date)
Bede, Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian (or 672)
Guthlac of Crowland, Anglo-Saxon hermit (d. 714)
Pega, Anglo-Saxon anchoress (approximate date)
Zhang Jiuling, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 740)

674

Poppo, king (duke) of Frisia (d. 734)
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Muslim caliph (approximate date)

675

Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary (approximate date)
Huoching, Alamannic nobleman (approximate date)
Niu Xianke, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 742)
Tervel, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire (d. 721)
Wigbert, Anglo-Saxon monk (approximate date)

676

January 28 – Toneri, Japanese prince (d. 735)
John of Damascus, Syrian monk and priest (approximate date)
Muhammad al-Baqir, fifth Shia Imam (approximate date; d. 733)

677

Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik, Arab general (approximate date)
Clovis IV, King of the Franks (d. 694)
Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī, fifth Shi'a Imam; d. 733)
Nanyue Huairang, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (d. 744)

678

Childebert III, Merovingian Frankish king and son of Theuderic III
Childebrand I, duke of Burgundy (d. 751)
Kʼinich Ahkal Moʼ Nahb III, Maya ruler of Palenque

679

Sima Zhen, Chinese historian (d. 732)
Zachary, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 752)

670

February 15 – Oswiu, king of Northumbria
August 18 – Fiacre, Irish hermit
Audomar, bishop of Thérouanne (approximate date)
Geom Mojam, military leader of Goguryeo
Hasan ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad and second Shi'a Imam (b. 625)
Javanshir, king of Caucasian Albania
Li Chunfeng, Chinese mathematician and historian (b. 602)
Merewalh, king of Magonsæte (approximate date)
Safiyya bint Huyayy, wife of Muhammad (approximate date)
Theodard, bishop of Maastricht (approximate date)

671

Grimoald I, king of the Lombards

672

January 7 – Tenji, emperor of Japan (b. 626)
January 27 – Pope Vitalian
March 2 – Chad of Mercia, Anglo-Saxon abbot
August 21 – Kōbun, emperor of Japan (b. 648)

Cenwalh, king of Wessex (approximate date)
Jiang Ke, general of the Tang dynasty
Recceswinth, king of the Visigoths
Xu Jingzong, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 592)

673

July 4 – Ecgberht, king of Kent
August 18 – Kim Yu-shin, general of Silla (b. 595)
Agilbert, Anglo-Saxon bishop (approximate date)
Chlothar III, king of Neustria and Burgundy (b. 652)
Domangart mac Domnaill, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)
Remaclus, Frankish missionary (approximate date)
Yan Liben, painter and official of the Tang dynasty
Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan, Muslim general

674

Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, friend (sahabah) of Muhammad (approximate date)
Hassan ibn Thabit, Arab poet and companion of Muhammad
Hongren, Chán (Buddhist) patriarch of the Tang dynasty (b. 601)
Seaxburh, queen of Wessex (approximate date)

675

February 18 – Colmán, bishop of Lindisfarne
February 21 – Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval
May 25 – Li Hong, prince of the Tang dynasty (b. 652)
Amandus, bishop and saint
Bilichild, Frankish queen
Childeric II, king of the Franks
Germanus of Granfelden, Frankish abbot
Lupus I, duke of Aquitaine (approximate date)
Máel Dub, Irish monk (approximate date)
Wulfhere, king of Mercia

676

June 17 – Pope Adeodatus II
Æscwine, king of Wessex
Clovis III, king of Austrasia
Le Yanwei, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
Mangsong Mangtsen, emperor of Tibet
Wang Bo, Chinese poet

677

Constantine I, patriarch of Constantinople
Drest VI, king of the Picts
Vincent Madelgarius, Frankish monk
Warinus, Frankish nobleman

678

April 11 – Pope Donus
May 3 – Tōchi, Japanese princess
Abdullah ibn Aamir, Arab general (b. 626)
Ælfwine, king of Deira (approximate date)
Aisha, wife of Muhammad
Arbogast, bishop of Strasbourg
Nathalan, Scottish bishop
Wechtar, Lombard duke of Friuli
Zhang Wenguan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 606)

679

June 23 – Æthelthryth, queen of Northumbria
October 2, Leodegar, bishop of Autun
December 23 – Dagobert II, king of Austrasia
Ælfwine, king of Deira (approximate date)
Cenn Fáelad mac Ailella, Irish scholar
Dai Zhide, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
Sigebert IV, Frankish prince (approximate date)
Xu Yushi, chancellor of the Tang dynasty、

[1]
John Cairns, "Road to Manzikert" (2012). Byzantine Warfare in an Age of Crisis and Recovery (Chapter 3), p. 67. ISBN 978-1-84884-215-1
[2]
Bede Book IV, Chapter V.
[3]
F. Espenak (2009). "Annular Solar Eclipse of 0671 Dec 07" (PDF). NASA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
[4]
Brown, T. S. The New Cambridge Medieval History: II. c. 700 - c. 900. p. 321.
[5]
Fraser, James E. (2006). "The Pictish Conquest", p.59
[6]
Colgrave, Bertram (1927). "The Life of Bishop Wilfrid", Cambridge University. ISBN 978-0521-31387-2
[7]
"Why is June 10 known as Time Memorial Day?". Seiko Institute of Horology. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
[8]
Wickham, Chris (2005). Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800. OUP Oxford. p. 96.
[9]
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). "The Imperial House of Japan", p. 53
[10]
Patrick J. Geary, "Before France & Germany, The Creation & Transformation of the Merovingian World". New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1988), pp. 189–90
[11]
Spencer C. Tucker (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: "From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East", p. 205. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5
[12]
Walsh 2007, pp. 21–22.
[13]
Treadgold 1997, p. 326.
[14]
Bede 1991, p. 223, book IV, chapter XII.
[15]
The Early Medieval Balkans, by John V.A. Fine, Jr (1991). The Slavic Invasions, p. 67. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3
[16]
Haldon 1990, p. 64.
[17]
Lilie 1976, pp. 78–79.
[18]
Treadgold 1997, pp. 326–327.
[19]
Mango & Scott 1997, p. 494.
[20]
Kaegi (2008), pp. 381–382^{[full citation needed]}
[21]
Lilie 1976, pp. 81–82.
[22]
Treadgold 1997, p. 327.
[23]
E. Vagandard (1902), "Revue des Questions Historiques", pp. 63–67

Sources

Bede. "Book IV". Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Internet History Sourcebooks Project.
Bede (1991). D. H. Farmer (ed.). Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Translated by Leo Sherley-Price. Revised by R. E. Latham. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-044565-X.
Haldon, John F. (1990). Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture (revised ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-31917-1.
Lilie, Ralph-Johannes (1976). Die byzantinische Reaktion auf die Ausbreitung der Araber. Studien zur Strukturwandlung des byzantinischen Staates im 7. und 8. Jhd [Byzantine Reaction to the Expansion of the Arabs. Studies on the Structural Change of the Byzantine State in the 7th and 8th Cent.] (in German). Munich: Institut für Byzantinistik und Neugriechische Philologie der Universität München. OCLC 797598069.
Mango, Cyril; Scott, Roger (1997). The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor. Byzantine and Near Eastern History, AD 284–813. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-822568-7.
Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2.
Walsh, Michael (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. London: Burns & Oats. ISBN 978-0-86012-438-2.

[1] [1]
John Cairns, "Road to Manzikert" (2012). Byzantine Warfare in an Age of Crisis and Recovery (Chapter 3), p. 67. ISBN 978-1-84884-215-1

[FOOTNOTEBede_Book_IV[httpwwwfordhameduhalsallbasisbede-book4html_Chapter&nbsp;V]-2] [2]
Bede Book IV, Chapter V.

[3] [3]
F. Espenak (2009). "Annular Solar Eclipse of 0671 Dec 07" (PDF). NASA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2015-05-29.

[4] [4]
Brown, T. S. The New Cambridge Medieval History: II. c. 700 - c. 900. p. 321.

[5] [5]
Fraser, James E. (2006). "The Pictish Conquest", p.59

[6] [6]
Colgrave, Bertram (1927). "The Life of Bishop Wilfrid", Cambridge University. ISBN 978-0521-31387-2

[Seiko-7] [7]
"Why is June 10 known as Time Memorial Day?". Seiko Institute of Horology. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-17.

[8] [8]
Wickham, Chris (2005). Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800. OUP Oxford. p. 96.

[9] [9]
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). "The Imperial House of Japan", p. 53

[10] [10]
Patrick J. Geary, "Before France & Germany, The Creation & Transformation of the Merovingian World". New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1988), pp. 189–90

[11] [11]
Spencer C. Tucker (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: "From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East", p. 205. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5

[FOOTNOTEWalsh200721–22-12] [12]
Walsh 2007, pp. 21–22.

[FOOTNOTETreadgold1997326-13] [13]
Treadgold 1997, p. 326.

[FOOTNOTEBede1991223book_IV,_chapter_XII-14] [14]
Bede 1991, p. 223, book IV, chapter XII.

[15] [15]
The Early Medieval Balkans, by John V.A. Fine, Jr (1991). The Slavic Invasions, p. 67. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3

[FOOTNOTEHaldon199064-16] [16]
Haldon 1990, p. 64.

[FOOTNOTELilie197678–79-17] [17]
Lilie 1976, pp. 78–79.

[FOOTNOTETreadgold1997326–327-18] [18]
Treadgold 1997, pp. 326–327.

[FOOTNOTEMangoScott1997494-19] [19]
Mango & Scott 1997, p. 494.

[20] [20]
Kaegi (2008), pp. 381–382^{[full citation needed]}

[FOOTNOTELilie197681–82-21] [21]
Lilie 1976, pp. 81–82.

[FOOTNOTETreadgold1997327-22] [22]
Treadgold 1997, p. 327.

[23] [23]
E. Vagandard (1902), "Revue des Questions Historiques", pp. 63–67

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