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==== Europe ====
* [[Battle of Coronate]]: The [[Lombards]] under king [[Cunipert]] defeat the army of duke [[Alahis]] at the [[Adda (river)|River Adda]] ([[Lombardy]]). He executes the rebel leaders; Alahis is captured his head and legs are cut off.<ref>Hodgkin, Thomas (1895). "Italy and her Invaders", Volumevolume 6. Oxford</ref> The southern Lombard [[Duchy|duchie]]s take advantage of Cunipert's distraction and extend their territories.
* [[Battle of Dorestad]]: The [[Frisians]] under king [[Redbad, King of the Frisians|Radbod]] are defeated by the [[Franks|Frankish]] mayor of the palace, [[Pippin of Herstal]].<ref>{{aut|Blok, D.P.}} (1968), "De Franken, hun optreden in het licht der historie", pp. 32–34</ref> The [[Rhine]] delta and [[Dorestad]] (modern [[Netherlands]]) becomes Frankish again, as the castles of [[Utrecht]] and [[Fectio|Fechten]] (approximate date).
 
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* [[Alahis]], king ([[usurper]]) of the [[Lombards]]
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Cædwalla of Wessex|Cædwalla]], king of [[Wessex]]
* [[Saint Colman (martyr)|Colman]], Irish [[missionary]] (approximate date)
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Saint Kilian|Kilian]], Irish [[bishop]] (approximate date)
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Prince Kusakabe|Kusakabe]], Japanese prince (b. [[662]])
* [[Liu Jingxian]], official of the [[Tang Dynasty]]
* [[Saint Totnan|Totnan]], Irish [[Franconia]]n apostle
 
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