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Rey Cædwalla de Wessex (c. 659–688)

El año 685 ( DCLXXXV ) fue un año común que comenzaba el domingo (el enlace mostrará el calendario completo) del calendario juliano . La denominación 685 para este año se ha utilizado desde principios del período medieval, cuando la era del calendario Anno Domini se convirtió en el método predominante en Europa para nombrar años.

Eventos [ editar ]

Por lugar [ editar ]

Imperio bizantino [ editar ]

  • Septiembre : el emperador Constantino IV muere de disentería en Constantinopla después de un reinado de 17 años, y es sucedido por su hijo Justiniano II de 16 años . [1]

Europa [ editar ]

  • Kuber , hermano de Asparukh de Bulgaria , derrota a los Avars en Syrmia ( Pannonia ). Lleva a sus seguidores de alrededor de 70.000 personas a Macedonia (actual Macedonia del Norte ).

Gran Bretaña [ editar ]

  • 20 de mayo - Batalla de Dun Nechtain : Los pictos del rey Bridei III se rebelan contra sus señores de Northumbria. Cuthbert , obispo de Lindisfarne , aconseja al rey Ecgfrith de Northumbria (primo de Bridei) que no invada Pictland (la actual Escocia ). Sin inmutarse, Ecgfrith marcha con su ejército hacia el norte para enfrentarse al enemigo cerca de Dunnichen . Los pictos, posiblemente con la ayuda de Scottish y Strathclyde Briton , derrotan a la guardia sajona , matan a Ecgfrith, que ha reinado durante 15 años, derrotan a su ejército y obligan a los anglosajones. to withdraw south of the River Forth.
  • King Centwine of Wessex dies after a 9-year reign and is succeeded by his distant cousin, Cædwalla, who manages to fully re-unite the sub-kingdoms of Wessex. He attacks Sussex with a large army, and kills King Æthelwealh in battle, in the South Downs (Hampshire).[2] He is expelled by Æthelwealh's ealdormen, Berthun and Andhun, who jointly rule the South Saxons. Cædwalla invades Kent, lays it waste, and carries off an immense booty.[3]
  • Aldfrith, illegitimate half-brother of Ecgfrith, becomes (possibly with Irish and Scottish help) king of Northumbria. He is brought from Iona (Inner Hebrides), where he is studying for a career in the church.
  • King Eadric revolts against his uncle Hlothhere, and defeats him in battle. He becomes sole ruler of Kent until his death in 686.

Arabian Empire[edit]

  • Battle of 'Ayn al-Warda: An Umayyad army (20,000 men) under Husayn ibn Numayr defeats the pro-Alid Kufans at Ras al-'Ayn (Syria).
  • May 7 – Caliph Marwan I dies at Damascus, and is succeeded by his son Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.

China[edit]

  • Empress Wu Zetian sends a pair of giant pandas to the Japanese court of Emperor Tenmu, as a diplomatic gift (approximate date).
  • Wu Zetian exiles her son Zhong Zong, former emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and his family to the island of Fang Zhou.[4]

By topic[edit]

Religion[edit]

  • May 8 – Pope Benedict II dies at Rome after a reign of less than 11 months. He is succeeded by John V as the 82nd pope.
  • John Maron is elected as the first patriarch in the Maronite Church (approximate date).

Births[edit]

  • March 17, Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland (d. 385)
  • September 8 – Xuan Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 762)
  • Leo III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 741)
  • Li Xianhui, princess of the Tang Dynasty (d. 701)
  • Miao Jinqing, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 765)
  • Pelagius, king of Asturias (approximate date)
  • Theodbert, duke of Bavaria (approximate date)

Deaths[edit]

  • May 20 – Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria
  • Æthelwealh, king of Sussex
  • Anania Shirakatsi, Armenian astronomer (b. 610)
  • Benedict II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 635)
  • Beornhæth, Anglo-Saxon nobleman
  • Centwine, king of Wessex (approximate date)
  • Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor (b. 652)
  • Hlothhere, king of Kent
  • Liu Rengui, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 602)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kazhdan, p. 1084
  2. ^ Alec Hamilton-Barr. In Saxon Sussex. The Arundel Press, Bognor Regis, p. 21
  3. ^ A Chronicle of England (B.C. 55–A.D. 1485), by James. E. Doyle (1864). "The Saxons", p. 37
  4. ^ The Events of the Tang Dynasty: "Time line of the Tang Dynasty" (Tang Zhong Zong 684–685 A.D)