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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Former Byzantine emperor Anastasius II leads a revolt against emperor Leo III

Europe

★ Theuderic IV succeeds Chilperic II

★ Battle of Toulouse — Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, the governor Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) is defeated by Duke Odo of Aquitaine preventing an Arab invasion of Gaul.

★ Anbasa ibn Suhaim Al Kalbi is appointed governor of Al-Andalus

★ Legendary founding of Prague by the Princess Libuše and her husband Přemysl, founder of the dynasty with the same name.

Births

★ Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan (a.k.a. Geber), Arabian alchemist (approximate date)

★ Al-Saffah, first Abbasid caliph (d. 754)

Deaths

★ Anastasius II, Byzantine Emperor

★ Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne (698–721) and presumed author of the Lindisfarne Gospels

★ Yao Chong, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 649)

★ Liu Zhiji, Chinese historian (born 661)