670s

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Decades: 640s 650s 660s670s680s 690s 700s
Years: 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679
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This is a list of events occurring in the 670s, ordered by year.

670

By place

Europe

Africa

Asia

By topic

Religion

671

By place

Europe

Asia

672

By place

Europe

Asia

By topic

Religion

673

By place

Europe

  • Hlothhere becomes king of Kent.
  • The city of Ely, England is founded. The Monastery is founded by (Saint) Æthelthryth. At about this time a small nunnery is also founded in her name in Stow Green.

Asia

674

By place

Asia

Europe

Byzantine Empire

By topic

Religion

  • January 29 – In Japan, Prince Mino is appointed Commissioners for the erection of the great Temple of Takechi (Ōmiya no Ōdera).
  • February 8 – Japanese Buddhist Priest Gisei is made the rank of Junior Sōzu.

675

By place

Europe

Asia

  • The twenty-five-year-old Wang Bo (王勃) writes Tengwang Ge Xu to celebrate the Tengwang Pavilion.
  • January 5 – In Japan, a platform to observe the stars for astrologers is erected for the first time.
  • March 14Princess Tōchi and Princess Abe of Japan proceed to Ise Jingu.
  • March 16Emperor Temmu, Japan's current emperor, decrees the end of serfdom. He also orders an end to granting lands to Princes of the Blood, to Princes and to Ministers and Temples.
  • May 8 – The Japanese Emperor issues a decree to distribute the tax-rice for peasants in poverty, as well as a decree regulating of fishing and hunting, ordering a halt to eating the flesh of cattle, horses, dogs, monkeys or barn-yard fowls.
  • Some Japanese ministers who oppose the Emperor are banished to an isolated island. A man climbs the hill east of the Palace, curses the Emperor and kills himself.
  • September 16 – A typhoon strikes Japan.

By topic

Religion

676

By place

Europe

Asia

  • In Japan, Emperor Temmu promulgate a decree about taxes from fiefs and the employment of persons for the service from the outer provinces. Men of distinguished ability are allowed to enter the service, even though they are of the common people, regardless of their ranks.

By topic

Religion

677

By place

Europe

Asia

678

By place

Byzantine Empire

Asia

  • April 27 – Japanese Emperor Temmu holds divination for the purpose of proceeding to the Abstinence-palace.
  • May 3 – When the Japanese Emperor and the officers are about to leave for the Abstinence-palace at the hour of sunrise, Princess Tōchi suddenly takes ill and dies within the Palace. For this reason the Emperor is unable to proceed. No Sacrifice to the Gods of Heaven and Earth results in take place.
  • May 10 – Princess Tōchi is buried at a place named Akō. The Emperor, her father, is graciously pleased to raise lament for her.

By topic

Religion

  • June 27Pope Agatho succeeds Pope Donus as the 79th pope. He is the first to stop paying tribute to the Byzantine Emperor upon election.
  • In Japan, the national worshiping to the Gods of Heaven and Earth is planned, and the Emperor tries to select a woman as a Saiō to make her serve the Gods. However, the plan is not successful because the woman, Princess Tōchi, suddenly dies.

679

By topic

Religion


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