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[[File:Pershore Abbey 3a.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pershore Abbey]] ([[Worcestershire]])]] 
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Year '''689''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 689 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 ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars|Byzantine–Bulgarian War]]: Emperor [[Justinian II]] defeats the [[Bulgars]] of [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] and recaptures [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonica]], the second most important [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] city in [[Europe]].{{sfn|Ostrogorsky|1956|pp=116–122}} He resettles the subdued [[Slavs]] in [[Anatolia]] (modern [[Turkey]]), where they are required to provide 30,000 men to the [[Byzantine army]].

==== Europe ====
* [[Battle of Coronate]]: The [[Lombards]] under King [[Cunipert]] defeat the army of Duke [[Alahis]], at the [[Adda River, Italy|River Adda]] ([[Lombardy]]). He executes the rebel leaders; Alahis is captured and his head and legs are cut off.<ref>Hodgkin, Thomas (1895). "Italy and her Invaders", volume 6. Oxford</ref> The southern Lombard [[Duchy|duchie]]s take advantage of Cunipert's distraction, and extend their territories. 
* [[Battle of Dorestad]]: The [[Frisians]] under King [[Redbad, King of the Frisians|Radbod]] are defeated by the [[Franks|Frankish]] mayor of the palace, [[Pippin of Herstal]].{{sfn|Blok|1968|pp=32–34}} The [[Rhine]] delta and [[Dorestad]] (modern [[Netherlands]]) become Frankish again, as well as the castles of [[Utrecht]] and [[Fectio|Fechten]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Asuka Kiyomihara Code]], a collection of governing rules commenced in [[681]] under [[Emperor Tenmu]], is promulgated in [[Japan]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Cædwalla of Wessex]] arrives in [[Rome]] and is [[Baptism|baptised]] by pope [[Pope Sergius I|Sergius I]], taking the name [[Saint Peter|Peter]]. He dies 10 days later and is buried at [[St. Peter's Basilica]].
* Prince [[Oswald, king of the Hwicce|Oswald]], brother of King [[Osric, king of the Hwicce|Osric]] of  [[Hwicce]], founds [[Pershore Abbey]] in [[Worcestershire]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Saint Othmar|Othmar]], Swiss [[abbot]] (approximate date) 
* [[Rōben]], Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] monk (d. [[773]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Cædwalla of Wessex|Cædwalla]], king of [[Wessex]]
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Saint Kilian|Kilian]], Irish [[bishop]] (approximate date)
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Prince Kusakabe|Kusakabe]], Japanese prince (b. [[662]])
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Guo Zhengyi]], official of the [[History of China|Chinese]] [[Tang dynasty]]
* [[Alahis]], king ([[usurper]]) of the [[Lombards]]
* [[Saint Colman (martyr)|Colman]], Irish [[missionary]] (approximate date)   
* [[Grimoald II of Benevento|Grimoald II]], duke of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]] ([[Italy]])
* [[Pope John III of Alexandria|John III]], [[Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox pope of Alexandria]]
* [[Liu Jingxian]], official of the [[Tang dynasty]]
* [[Saint Totnan|Totnan]], Irish [[Franconia]]n apostle

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Blok |first=Dirk Peter |date=1968 |title=De Franken, hun optreden in het licht der historie |trans-title=The Franks: their actions in the light of history |language=nl |location=Bussum |publisher=Fibula-Van Dishoeck |oclc=5060822}}
* {{cite book |last=Ostrogorsky |first=George |date=1956 |title=History of the Byzantine State |location=Oxford |publisher=Blackwell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt0_AAAAYAAJ}}
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