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647;688;715;733;739;740;965
*642 Muslim conquest of Egypt.
*646 Alexandria is recaptured by Muslim Arabs after a Byzantine attempt to retake Egypt fails, ending nearly ten centuries of [[w:Greco-Roman|Greco-Roman]] Civilization in Egypt.
*647 Arabs invade Cyprus.
*650 Final defeat of [[Arianism]] as Lombards convert to Orthodox Christianity.
*657 Founding of [[Whitby Abbey]] in Yorkshire, England.
*685 First monastics come to [[Mount Athos]].
*687 Destruction of [[Whitby Abbey]] by Danish raiders.
*688 Emperor [[Justinian II]] and Caliph [[w:Abd al-Malik|al-Malik]] sign a treaty neutralizing Cyprus.
*692 [[Quinisext Council]] (also called the ''Penthekte Council'' or the ''Council in Trullo'') held in Constantinople, issuing [[canon]]s which are seen as completing the work of the Fifth and Sixth [[Ecumenical Councils]], and declaring the [[Church of Jerusalem]] to be a [[patriarchate]].
*698 Muslim conquest of Carthage.
*710 Pope [[Constantine of Rome|Constantine]] makes last papal visit to Constantinople before 1967.
*ca. 715 [[Lindisfarne Gospels]] produced in Northumbria (Northern England).
*715 The [[w:Umayyad Mosque|Grand Mosque of Damascus]], is built over the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
*716 Monastery at [[Iona]] conforms to Roman liturgical usage.
*716 St. [[Boniface]]'s first missionary journey to Frisia.
*731 Venerable [[Bede]] completes ''[[Ecclesiastical History of the English People]]''.
*732 Muslim invasion of Europe is stopped by the Franks at the [[w:Battle of Tours|Battle of Tours]].
*733 Byzantine Emperor [[Leo III the Isaurian]] withdraws the Balkans, Sicily and Calabria from the jurisdiction of the Pope in response to [[w:Pope Gregory III|Gregory III's]] support of a revolt in Italy against iconoclasm; the break between the papacy and the empire is almost complete.
*734 [[w:Ecgbert, Archbishop of York|Egbert]] becomes bishop of York, founding a library and making the city a renowned centre of learning.
*735 Death of the Venerable [[Bede]]; the See of York achieves archepiscopal status.
*739 Emperor Leo III (717-41) publishes his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_law#Ecloga ''Ecloga''] Law Code, designed to introduce Christian principle into law; [[w:Battle of Akroinon|Battle of Akroinon]] where Byzantine forces defeat an [[w:Umayyad|Umayyad]] invasion of Asia Minor; death of [[Saint Willibrord (Clement)|Willibrord]] (658-739), Archbishop of Utrecht and Enlightener of the Netherlands.*740 The [[w:Khazars|Khazars]], a nation of the Black Sea steppe, though not ethnically Jewish, voluntarily convert to Judaism.*746 Byzantine forces regain Cyprus from the Arabs.
*749 Death of [[John of Damascus]].
*750 [[Donation of Constantine]] accepted as a legitimate document, used by Pope [[Stephen II of Rome|Stephen II]] to prove territorial and jurisdictional claims.
*962 Denmark becomes a Christian nation with the [[baptism]] of King Harald Blaatand ("Bluetooth").
*963 St. [[Athanasius of Athos]] establishes the first major monastery on [[Mount Athos]], the [[Great Lavra (Athos)|Great Lavra]].
*965 Emperor [[Nicephorus II]] Phocas gained Cyprus completely for the Byzantines.
*968 [[Rila Monastery]] founded.
*972 Byzantine Emperor [[John I Tzimiskes]] (969-976) granted [[Mount Athos]] its first charter ([[Typikon]]).
*973 Moravia assigned to the Diocese of Prague, putting the West Slavic tribes under jurisdiction of German church.
*978 Death of King [[Edward the Martyr]].
