Explore 12 historical events from 670–679.
Princess Tōchi was a Japanese imperial princess during the Asuka period who was Empress of Japan as the wife of her cousin Emperor Kōbun. Her name Tōchi is derived from the Tōchi …
Tōchi, Japanese princess
Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar, also known as Suvaran Maran and Perarasar Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar, was a king of Thanjavur from the Mutharaiyar dynasty. He ruled over Thanjavur, Trichy, P…
Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India
Li Hong was a crown prince of the Tang dynasty of China. He was the fifth son of Emperor Gaozong and the eldest son of his second wife Empress Wu. After being titled Prince of Dai …
Li Hong, Chinese prince (born 652)
Pope Adeodatus II, sometimes called Deodatus, was the bishop of Rome from 672 to his death on 17 June 676. He devoted much of his papacy to improving churches and fighting monothel…
Adeodatus, pope of the Catholic Church
Emperor Tenji , known first as Prince Katsuragi and later as Prince Naka no Ōe until his accession, was the 38th emperor of Japan who reigned from 668 to 671. He was the son of E…
Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku
Pope Agatho served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681. He heard the appeal of Wilfrid of York, who had been displaced from his see by the divi…
Pope Agatho is consecrated following the death of pope Donus two month prior
Pope Agatho served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681. He heard the appeal of Wilfrid of York, who had been displaced from his see by the divi…
Pope Agatho (depicted), later venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his pontifi
Year 679 (DCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 679 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Do…
Æthelthryth, English saint (born 636)
Pope Agatho served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681. He heard the appeal of Wilfrid of York, who had been displaced from his see by the divi…
Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his pontificate.
Ecgberht I was a king of Kent (664–673), succeeding his father Eorcenberht.
Ecgberht, king of Kent
Year 679 (DCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 679 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Do…
Æthelthryth, English saint (born 636)
Pope Agatho served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681. He heard the appeal of Wilfrid of York, who had been displaced from his see by the divi…
Pope Agatho is consecrated following the death of pope Donus two month prior
Princess Tōchi was a Japanese imperial princess during the Asuka period who was Empress of Japan as the wife of her cousin Emperor Kōbun. Her name Tōchi is derived from the Tōchi …
Tōchi, Japanese princess
Pope Agatho served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681. He heard the appeal of Wilfrid of York, who had been displaced from his see by the divi…
Pope Agatho (depicted), later venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his pontifi
Pope Agatho served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681. He heard the appeal of Wilfrid of York, who had been displaced from his see by the divi…
Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his pontificate.
The Sclaveni or Sklabenoi were early Slavic tribes that raided, invaded and settled in the Balkans in the Early Middle Ages and eventually became one of the progenitors of modern S…
Unable to penetrate the city's defences, the Sclaveni gave up their siege of the Byzantine city of Thessalonica.
The siege of Thessalonica in 676–678 was an attempt by the local Slavic tribes to capture the Byzantine city of Thessalonica, taking advantage of the preoccupation of the Byzantine…
Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls.
Pope Adeodatus II, sometimes called Deodatus, was the bishop of Rome from 672 to his death on 17 June 676. He devoted much of his papacy to improving churches and fighting monothel…
Adeodatus, pope of the Catholic Church
Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar, also known as Suvaran Maran and Perarasar Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar, was a king of Thanjavur from the Mutharaiyar dynasty. He ruled over Thanjavur, Trichy, P…
Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India
Li Hong was a crown prince of the Tang dynasty of China. He was the fifth son of Emperor Gaozong and the eldest son of his second wife Empress Wu. After being titled Prince of Dai …
Li Hong, Chinese prince (born 652)
Ecgberht I was a king of Kent (664–673), succeeding his father Eorcenberht.
Ecgberht, king of Kent
Emperor Tenji , known first as Prince Katsuragi and later as Prince Naka no Ōe until his accession, was the 38th emperor of Japan who reigned from 668 to 671. He was the son of E…
Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku