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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ The Franks capture Narbonne; the Saracens are completely driven out of France.

★ Constantine V invaded Bulgaria again, but this time his army was ambushed in the mountain passes of the Stara Planina (battle of the Rishki Pass).

Asia

★ Japanese poet Otomo no Yakamochi compiled the first Japanese poetry anthology Man'yōshū.

By Topic

Religion

★ Saint Bregwin is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.

★ Tōshōdai-ji Buddhist temple is founded in Nara, Japan.

Births

★ Alphonso II of Asturias (d. 842)

Deaths

★ Wang Wei, Chinese poet, painter and musician (b. 698)