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Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Abu Muslim unites the Abbasid Empire against the Umayyads.

★ Ibrahim the Imam, leader of an Abbasid revolt against the Umayyads, is captured.

★ Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China abolished the death penalty in the Tang Dynasty.

Europe

★ Carloman retires into a monastery. Pippin the Short remains sole ruler of the Franks as Mayor of the Palace.

★ Outbreak of Plague in Sicily, Calabria, and Momenvasia

Births

★ Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (disputed date)

Deaths

★ Li Shizhi, Chinese vice-chancellor and poet of the Tang Dynasty