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Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

Byzantine Empire

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Year of the Fire Rat begins in January. (Chinese Zodiac)

★ December 22 — Another deadly earthquake strikes Damghan, Iran, killing 200,000 people.

★ November — Earthquake in Corinth, Greece, kills an estimated 45,000

Europe

★ Ethelbald usurps the throne of Wessex from his father Ethelwulf

★ Ordono I of Asturias said to have begun the repopulation of the town of León

Byzantine Empire

★ Bardas becomes regent for the Byzantine Emperor Michael III

Births

★ Li Keyong, ethnic Shatuo Turk who became a prominent jiedushi of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 908)

Deaths

★ January 7 — Saint Aldric, Bishop of Le Mans born c. 800; died at Le Mans

★ February 4 — Rabanus Maurus, Bishop of Mainz