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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 and his head and legs are cut off.<ref>Hodgkin, Thomas (1895). "Italy and her Invaders", volume 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 well as the castles of [[Utrecht]] and [[Fectio|Fechten]] (approximate date).