__NOTOC__ Year 673 ( DCLXXIII) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 673 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Europe

* Spring – King Chlothar III of Neustria and

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dies after a reign of 16 years, in which he has been a

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— '' roi fainéant'' — of the Neustrian mayor of the palace,

Ebroin Ebroin (died 680 or 681) was the Frankish mayor of the palace of Neustria on two occasions; firstly from 658 to his deposition in 673 and secondly from 675 to his death in 680 or 681. In a violent and despotic career, he strove to impose the aut ...

. He is buried in the

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, and succeeded by his brother Theuderic III. * Burgundian nobles, under the leadership of bishop Leodegar and Adalrich, invite Childeric II to become king in Neustria and Burgundy.Patrick J. Geary, "Before France & Germany, The Creation & Transformation of the Merovingian World". New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1988), pp. 189–90 He invades Theuderic's kingdom and displaces his brother, becoming sole king of the Frankish Kingdom. * September 3 – King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down the revolt by Hilderic, governor of

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and rival for the throne. He captures the rebel leaders, who are brought to trial and, for their crimes,

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and imprisoned for life.

Britain

* King Frithuwold of

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flourishes under Mercian domination. The marriage of his daughter

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to King

Sighere of Essex Sighere was the joint king of the Kingdom of Essex along with his cousin Sæbbi from 663/4 to about 688. He was son of Sigeberht Sæwarding, probably Saint Sigeberht, but perhaps Sigeberht the Little. He was outlived by Sæbbi, who became t ...

breaks down. She desires the religious life, and flees the Essex court to the protection of bishop

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of North Elmham ( Norfolk). * King Domangart mac Domnaill of Dál Riata ( Scotland) dies, and is succeeded by his nephew

Máel Dúin mac Conaill Máel Dúin mac Conaill (died 688) was a king in Dál Riata (modern western Scotland). He was the son of Conall Crandomna. His death is reported by the Annals of Ulster, but without mention of a title. He is among the kings named by the Duan Alban ...

. He probably submits to King Ecgfrith of Northumbria as his overlord. * July 4 – King Ecgberht I of Kent dies after a reign of nearly 9 years. He is succeeded by his brother Hlothhere.

Asia

* March 20 – Emperor Tenmu assumes the Chrysanthemum throne of

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at the Palace of Kiyomihara, in Asuka.

By topic

Religion

* Æthelthryth, Anglo-Saxon princess, returns to

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and founds the Abbey of Ely ( Cambridgeshire). At about this time a small

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is also founded in her name, in Stow Green. * The Council of Hertford is held and convened by Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury. The council makes canons for the English Church.

Births

* Æthelburg, queen of Wessex (approximate date) *

Bede Bede ( ; ang, Bǣda , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( la, Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom o ...

, Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian (or

672 __NOTOC__ Year 672 ( DCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 672 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

) * Guthlac of Crowland, Anglo-Saxon hermit (d. 714) * Pega, Anglo-Saxon

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(approximate date) * Zhang Jiuling,

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(d. 740)

Deaths

* July 4 – Ecgberht, king of Kent * August 18 –

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, general of Silla (b.

595 __NOTOC__ Year 595 ( DXCV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 595 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

) * Agilbert, Anglo-Saxon bishop (approximate date) * Chlothar III, king of Neustria and

(b. 652) * Domangart mac Domnaill, king of Dál Riata ( Scotland) * Remaclus, Frankish missionary (approximate date) * Yan Liben,

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and official of the Tang Dynasty * Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan, Muslim general

References

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