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Events
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Europe
★ August 15 — Battle of Roncevaux (Roncesvalles), in which Charlemagne's army suffers a terrible defeat at the hand of the Basques. Among those killed was Roland, lord of the Breton March; the 11th-century ''Song of Roland'' is loosely based on the events of this battle.
★ Charlemagne fights the Moors in Spain.
★ Widukind returns to Saxony from Denmark.
Births
★ 16 April — King Louis the Pious (d. 840)
★ Zhaozhou, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk
Deaths
★ August 15 — Roland, Frankish commander
★ Autpert Ambrose, monk and writer
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