Raginpert, duke of
Turin, deposes King Liutpert after an eight months' reign. He
usurps the Lombard
throne and puts his son
Aripert in line for the succession.[1]
The
Wari people invade and occupy the
Cuzco Valley (modern
Peru) in the southern highlands (approximate date).
The
Moche culture in the northern part of modern day
Peru collapses, largely due to environmental problems and/or political and social unrest (approximate date).
Autumn – Emperor
Tiberios III tries to
bribe Busir and dispatches two Khazar officials,
Papatzys and
Balgitzin, to kill Justinian. Warned by his wife, he flees to the
Bulgar Khanate, securing the assistance of the Bulgarian ruler
Tervel, in exchange for financial considerations.[14][15]
Winter – Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik is recalled from Armenia to serve as governor of
Egypt. He requires that government business be done in
Arabic instead of
Coptic. His tenure is marred by
famine and corruption.
Justinian II ascends to the
throne again and rewards his ally
Tervel, ruler (khagan) of the
Bulgarian Empire, for his assistance with the title of kaisar (Caesar), which makes him second only to Justinian and the first foreign ruler in
Byzantine history to receive such a title, and a territorial concession in northeastern
Thrace, a region called
Zagora in modern-day
Bulgaria.[19][20]
King
Ine of Wessex becomes estranged from the kings
Sigeheard and
Swæfred of Essex, who are sheltering
exiled rivals to the
Wessex throne. At a council at
Brentford, the latter agree to banish the exiles in return for Ine not attacking their kingdom.[22]
Arab general
Musa ibn Nusayr conquers the city of
Tlemcen in
Algeria; once and for all solidifying Al-Maghreb Al-Awsat (Modern-day Algeria), which makes way for the stabilization of the entirety of North Africa a couple years later.
Asia
February 22 – Empress
Wu Zetian is deposed in a
coup d'état organized by her chancellor
Zhang Jianzhi, after a 15-year reign. His chief ministers gain support from some generals to seize the imperial palace and execute the Zhang brothers. They reinstall her son
Zhong Zong, whom she deposed 15 years ago, restoring the
Tang dynasty. This marks the end of the short-lived
Zhou dynasty in China.
July 2 – Emperor
Zhong Zong has the remains of his mother and recently deceased ruling empress
Wu Zetian, her son
Li Xian, her grandson
Li Chongrun, and granddaughter
Li Xianhui, all interred in the same
tomb complex as his father and Wu Zetian's husband
Gao Zong, outside
Chang'an, known as the
Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang, which will then remain unopened until
1960.
July 18 – Emperor
Monmu dies after a 10-year reign. He is succeeded by his aunt
Genmei, who becomes the 43rd empress of
Japan. She is the sister of former empress
Jitō, and the niece and wife of late emperor
Tenmu.