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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Egbert of Wessex became first King of England

★ Alcamo was founded by the Muslim commander al-Kamuk.

Asia

★ In the Tang Dynasty Chinese capital of Chang'an, a powerful court eunuch ordered fifty wrestlers to arrest 300 commoners over a land property dispute in Northwest Chang'an, whereupon a riot broke out in the streets between the grapplers and the citizens.

By Topic

Religion

★ First Christian church in central and eastern Europe built in Nitra

★ Coptic revolt in Egypt

Births

★ September 8 — Ali al-Hadi, tenth Shia Imam (d. 868)

★ Al-Dinawari, grammarian, historian, and theologian (d. 889)

Deaths

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