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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Pelayo defeats the Arabs at Covadonga and establishes the Kingdom of Asturias in the Iberian peninsula (modern day Portugal and Spain) in a victory that was later considered to be the beginning of the Reconquista.

★ End of Tervel's reign as monarch of Bulgaria.

★ Saint Boniface sets out for Frisia a second time.

Asia

★ Emperor Leo III and Khan Tervel defeat Arab forces besieging Constantinople, stopping a large Arab incursion towards Europe.

★ World's oldest hotel Houshi Onsen founded in Ishikawa-ken, Japan.

Births

★ Empress Kōken (also Empress Shōtoku), empress of Japan (d. 770)

Deaths