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AD 682: Due to a culmination of major droughts, floods, locust plagues and epidemics, a widespread famine breaks out in the dual Chinese capital cities of Chang'an (primary capital) and Luoyang (secondary capital). The scarcity of food drives the price of grain to unprecedented heights, ending a once prosperous era under emperors Taizong and Gaozong on a sad note.
 
AD 683: Ilterish (Kutluk) Khan consolidates the restored Göktürk power, defeating Tang-aligned forces and securing control around Ötuken, effectively re-establishing Turkish independence.
 
AD 690: Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, travels from York with 12 Benedictine monks to Westkapelle, (modern Netherlands) to Christianize the pagan Frisians.
 
AD 692: After the death of Ilterish (Kutluk) Khan, his brother Kapagan ascends the throne. With Kapagan’s rise, the Second Göktürk Khaganate launches expansion campaigns and strengthens Turkish dominance across the steppe.
 
AD 694: Kapagan Khan launches his first major campaigns, subduing several Turkish tribes around Ötuken and re-asserting the authority of the Second Göktürk Khaganate.
 
AD 695: Willibrord establishes a Benedictine training centre for priests and young noblemen. This seminary later becomes Utrecht University.
 
AD 697: The Toquz Oghuz tribes rise against Kapagan Khan but are defeated. Through harsh campaigns, Kapagan re-asserts Göktürk control around the Orkhon Ötüken region and brings the Turkish tribes back under central authority.
 
AD 699: Kapagan Khan launches campaigns into the western steppe, suppressing rebellious tribes and consolidating the authority of the Second Göktürk Khaganate across the Turkish steppe.
 
AD 701: Asparuh, founder of the First Bulgarian Empire, dies after a 20-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Tervel, who becomes ruler (khan) of the Bulgarians.
 
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