He sends an expeditionary force under Abe no Hirafu to Korea, to help the allied kingdom of Baekje. Korea King Munmu becomes the 30th ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla. By topic Religion Maximus the Confessor, Christian monk, is recalled from exile in Thrace. He is tried, and sentenced to mutilation. His tongue and his right hand are cut off to prevent his further opposition to the Monothelites. Approximate date – In Gaul all Roman bishops are replaced with Frankish bishops. They become increasingly common, as Frankish leaders control the episcopate. Births February 12 – Ōku, Japanese princess (d. 702) Early June? – Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Arab governor (d. 714) Approximate date – Ælfwine, Northumbrian king of Deira (k. 679) Chen Zi'ang, Chinese poet and official (d. 702) Liu Zhiji, Chinese historian (d. 721) Deaths January 3 – Benjamin, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (b. c.590) January 29 – Ali, first Shia Imam and Fourth Rashidun Caliph (b. 601) (martyred) February 17 – Finan of Lindisfarne, Irish-born bishop July 24 – Kōgyoku (also Saimei), twice empress of Japan (b. 594) Aripert I, king of the Lombards Cenberht, West Saxon king in Wessex Cuthred, West Saxon prince in Wessex Approximate date – Landry, bishop of Paris Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays, companion of the Muhammad References Sources