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Events

By Place

Asia

* Wu Ze Tian takes power in China.
* The Ummayad caliph Muawiya II is succeeded by Marwan I.
* September 7 — A large comet is observed in Japan (it's Japan's oldest observation record of the Halley's Comet).
* November 13 — Emperor Temmu institutes eight titles of eight classes ("Yakusa-no-kabane") in Japan.
* November 26 — A great earthquake strikes Japan. The people, houses, temples, shrines and domestic animals are greatly damaged.

Americas

* 10 January — K'inich Kan B'alam II accedes to the rulership of the Maya polity of Palenque.

By Topic

Religion

* June 26 — Pope Benedict II succeeds Pope Leo II as the 81st pope.

Births

* Gao Lishi, Chinese official and court eunuch (d. 762)
* Tachibana no Moroe, Japanese prince and minister (d. 757)

Deaths

* Luo Binwang, Chinese poet and official (born c. 640)
* Li Xian
*November 30 - Pei Yan, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

Heads of state

* Holy See — Benedict II pope (684–685)
* Japan — Emperor Temmu, emperor of Japan (672–686)