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[[File:Cædwalla in Barnard Chichester mural (full body).jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Cædwalla of Wessex]] (c. 659–688)]]
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Year '''685''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]]
== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
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==== Europe ====
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* [[Battle of 'Ayn al-Warda]]: An [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] army (20,000 men) under [[Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni|Husayn ibn Numayr]] defeats the pro-[[Alids|Alid]] [[Kufa]]ns at [[Ras al-Ayn, al-Hasakah Governorate|Ras al-'Ayn]] ([[Syria]]).
* [[May 7]] – Caliph [[Marwan I]] dies at [[Damascus]], and is succeeded by his son [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]].
[[File:Second Fitna Territorial Control Map ca 686.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Mukhtar controlled much of Iraq from October 685 until the end of 686.{{legend|#FA738B|Region controlled by Abd al-Malik}} {{legend|#7FE37F|Region under the control of Mukhtar}} {{legend|#6BB0D7
|Regions under the control/influence of Ibn al-Zubayr}} {{legend|#EEE40D|[[Kharijite]] controlled areas}}]]
==== China ====
* Empress [[Wu Zetian]] sends a pair of [[giant panda]]s to the [[Japan
* Wu Zetian [[exile]]s her son [[Emperor Zhongzong of Tang|Zhong Zong]], former emperor of the [[Tang
=== By topic ===
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* [[John Maron]] is elected as the first [[patriarch]] in the [[Maronite Church]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
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* [[
* [[Leo III the Isaurian|Leo III]], emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (d. [[741]])
* [[Li Xianhui]], princess of the [[Tang dynasty
* [[Miao Jinqing]], [[
* [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius]], king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (approximate date)
* [[Theodbert of Bavaria|Theodbert]], duke of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] (approximate date)
== Deaths ==
* [[February 6]] – [[Hlothhere of Kent|Hlothhere]], king of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cheney |first1=Christopher Robert |last2=Jones |first2=Michael |title=A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History |date=6 April 2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77845-9 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_Fakx-flCkC&pg=PA23 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] – [[Pope Benedict II|Benedict II]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (b. [[635]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Benedict II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Benedict-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria|Ecgfrith]], king of [[Northumbria]]
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* [[Centwine of Wessex|Centwine]], king of [[Wessex]] (approximate date)
* [[Constantine IV]], Byzantine emperor (b. [[652]])
▲* [[Liu Rengui]], chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. [[602]])
== References ==
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