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By place

Europe

• The Visigoths under King Liuvigild invade the Byzantine province of Spania, and seize the city of Córdoba. After the death of his brother Liuva I, he becomes sole ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
• Benevento becomes the capital of an independent duchy, under the Lombard chieftain Zotto.

  Britain

• Battle of Bedcanford: The Anglo-Saxons under King Cuthwulf fight against the Britons, and conquer the settlements of Aylesbury, Benson, Eynsham and Limbury.
• Wuffa becomes the first king of East Anglia, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies.

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Religion

• The Monophysites again reject the Council of Chalcedon, causing another schism.