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[[File:Pope Conon.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Conon|Pope Conon I]] (686–687)]]
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Year '''686''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXXVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 686 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[Waratton]], mayor of the palace of [[Neustria]] and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]], dies and is succeeded by his son-in-law [[Berchar]]. He advises King [[Theuderic III]] to break the [[peace treaty]] with [[Pepin of Herstal]], and declares war on [[Austrasia]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Cædwalla of Wessex]] establishes overlordship of [[Essex]], and invades [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] for a second time. King [[Eadric of Kent|Eadric]] is expelled, and Cædwalla's brother [[Mul of Kent|Mul]] is installed in his place. The sub-kings [[Berthun of Sussex|Berthun]] and [[Andhun of Sussex|Andhun]] are killed, and [[Sussex]] is subjugated by the [[Wessex|West Saxons]].    
* Cædwalla conquers [[Surrey]], and tries to exterminate the [[Jutes]] of the [[Isle of Wight]]. He executes King [[Arwald]] and his two brothers. Cædwalla probably also overruns the [[Meonwara|Meonware]], a Jutish people who live in the [[River Meon|Meon Valley]] ([[Hampshire]]).

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Battle of Khazir]] in [[Mosul]]: [[Alid]] forces of [[Mukhtar al-Thaqafi]] defeat those of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]].
* [[Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad]], former governor of [[Mesopotamia]], tries to regain control of his province, as the various [[Muslim]] tribes in the region [[Kufa]] ([[Iraq]]) are engaged in an Islamic [[Second Fitna|civil war]].
* [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]] imprisons and [[torture]]s patriarch [[Hnanisho I|Mar Khnanishu I]]. He is the first [[caliph]] to insist on the collection of the [[Tax per head|poll tax]] from the [[Christians]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Emperor Tenmu]] of [[Japan]] dies after a 13-year reign, and is succeeded by his widow (and niece), [[Empress Jitō]]. She will reign until [[697]].
* [[October 25]] &ndash; Prince [[Prince Ōtsu|Ōtsu]], son of Tenmu, is falsely accused of [[treason]] by Jito and forced to commit [[suicide]], along with his wife [[Princess Yamanobe|Yamanobe]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Pope John V]] dies at [[Rome]] after a 12-month reign, in which he has made handsome [[donation]]s to the [[Poverty|poor]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope Conon|Conon I]] as the 83rd [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
* [[Bubonic plague|Plague]] kills almost all the [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monks in the [[monastery]] of [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey]] ([[Northumbria]]), aside from the abbot [[Ceolfrith]] and one small boy – future scholar [[Bede]].{{sfn|Blair|1990|p=178}}<ref>Plummer, ''Bedae Opera Historica'', Vol. 1, p. 12</ref> 
* [[Wilfrid]], bishop of [[York]], becomes an advisor of Cædwalla, and is sent to the Isle of Wight to [[Evangelism|evangelise]] the inhabitants.{{sfn|John|1996|pp=34–35}} 
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== Births ==

== Deaths ==
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Pope John V|John V]], pope of [[Rome]] (b. [[635]])
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]], emperor of [[Japan]]
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Prince Ōtsu|Ōtsu]], Japanese prince (b. [[663]])
* [[Andhun of Sussex|Andhun]], king of [[Kingdom of Sussex|Sussex]] 
* [[Arwald]], king of the [[Isle of Wight]] 
* [[Audoin (bishop)|Audoin]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen|Rouen]] (b. [[609]])
* [[Berthun of Sussex|Berthun]], king of Sussex
* [[Eadric of Kent|Eadric]], king of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] (approximate date)
* [[Eanflæd]], queen of [[Northumbria]] (approximate date)
* [[Eata of Hexham]], bishop of [[Lindisfarne]]
* [[Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni|Husayn ibn Numayr]], Muslim general
* [[Landelin]], Frankish [[abbot]] and saint 
* [[Waratton]], mayor of the palace of [[Neustria]]
* [[Wonhyo]], Korean [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (b. [[617]]) 
* [[Princess Yamanobe|Yamanobe]], Japanese princess

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Blair |first=Peter Hunter |author-link=Peter Hunter Blair |date=1990 |title=The World of Bede |edition=Reprint of 1970 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-39819-0}}
* {{cite book |last=John |first=Eric |author-link=Eric John |date=1996 |title=Reassessing Anglo-Saxon England |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=0-7190-5053-7}}
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