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==== Asia ====
* 25-year-old poet [[Wang Bo (poet)|Wang Bo]] (王勃) writes ''[[Tengwang Ge Xu]]'', to celebrate the [[Pavilion of Prince Teng|Tengwang Pavilion]] (approximate date).
* [[January 5]] &ndash; In [[Japan]], a platform to observe the stars for [[Astronomy|astrologers]] is erected for the first time.
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Princess Tōchi]] and [[Empress Genmei|Princess Abe]] of Japan proceed to [[Ise Jingū]].
* [[March 16]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]] decrees the end of [[serfdom]]. He also orders an end to granting lands to Princes of the Blood, to Princes and to Ministers and Temples.
* [[May 8]] &ndash; Tenmu issues a [[decree]] to distribute the [[tax]]-rice for peasants in poverty, as well as a decree regulating fishing and hunting, and ordering a halt to eating the flesh of [[cattle]], [[horse]]s, [[dog]]s, [[monkey]]s and barn-yard [[fowl]], a prohibition which lasts until [[1872]].
* Some Japanese ministers who oppose Tenmu are banished to an isolated island. A man climbs the hill east of the Palace, curses the emperor and kills himself.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; A [[typhoon]] strikes Japan.