667

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Arab–Byzantine War: Caliph Muawiyah I launches a series of attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East.

  Europe

• The Lombards, under King Grimoald I, destroy Oderzo. Much of its population flees to the nearby city of Heraclea.

  Arabian Empire

• King Javanshir of Caucasian Albania revolts against the Muslim-Arabs, but is defeated.

  By topic

Religion

• Wighard, archbishop of Canterbury, dies of the bubonic plague while returning from his consecration in Rome.
• The Abbey of St. Vaast in Arras is founded.