Events By Place Europe Hlothhere becomes king of Kent. The city of Ely, England's founded. Asia March 20 — Emperor Temmu assumes the Chrysanthemum throne of Japan at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. May 5 — Princess Oku's made to dwell in the Abstinence-palace of Hatsuse by the Emperor's order. Births The Venerable Bede, English monk, writer and historian (or 672) Zhang Jiuling, Chinese poet, scholar, and chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 740) Deaths Childeric II, Frank… (More on 673)