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Events

By Place

Europe

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

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