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Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Empress Shōtoku succeeds Emperor Junnin on the throne of Japan.

★ Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days.

Europe

★ Telets succeeds Subin as monarch of Bulgaria.

★ Maurizio Galbaio becomes Doge of Venice.

★ According to the historian Theophanes, the Black Sea melted and ice bergs floated past Constantinople.

★ Offa of Mercia conquers Kent, and installs Egbert II on the Kentish throne.

Births

Deaths

★ Saint Étienne the Young, martyred