Events

• October 10 - Battle of Kerbela
• November 12 - The Sixth Ecumenical Council opens in Constantinople
• The Bulgars subjugate the country of current-day Bulgaria
• Pippin of Herstal becomes Mayor of the Palace
• Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I succeeded by Yazid I ibn Muawiyah
• Erwig deposes Wamba to become king of the Visigoths.
• Perctarit , king of the Lombards, makes his son Cunincpert co-ruler

Births

• Boniface, missionary to Germany
• Empress Gensho of Japan

Deaths

• January 30 - Balthild, queen of Neustria and Burgundy
• May 6 - Muawiyah I, caliph
• October 10 - Husayn bin Ali, grandson of Muhammad
• Wamba , king of the Visigoths

Heads of states

• Japan - Temmu Emperor of Japan (672-686)