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Events

By Place

Europe

• WidukindWidukind
  
  Widukind or Wittekind was a Saxon leader, duke of Saxony and the chief antagonist of Charlemagne during the Saxon Wa...
   and many other SaxonsSaxons
  
  The Saxons or Saxon people are part of the German people with its main areas of settlements in the German States of S...
   are baptized.
• The Frankish empire conquers GironaGirona
  
  Girona is a city located in the northeast of Catalonia, at the confluence of the rivers Ter and Onyar....
   from the MoorsMoors
  
  The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus and the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often cal...
  .
• Talorgen succeeds Talorcan II as king of the PictsPicts Overview
  
  he Picts were a confederation of tribes in central and northern Scotland from Roman times until the 10th century....
  .
• VišeslavVišeslav of Croatia
  
  Vi?eslav was one of the first dukes of Dalmatian Croatia....
   becomes ruler of Croatian DalmatiaDalmatia
  
  Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in t...
   and fights with the Franks.
  

Asia

• Harun al-RashidHarun al-Rashid
  
  Harun al-Rashid was the fifth and most famous Abbasid Caliph....
   becomes caliph.
  

By Topic

Religion

• CologneCologne
  
  Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, and is the largest city both in the German Feder...
   becomes an archbishopricArchbishop
  
  In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop....
  .
  

Births

Deaths

• Yan ZhenqingYan Zhenqing
  
  Yan Zhenqing was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor of the Tang Dynasty....
  , renowned Chinese calligrapher and governor (b. 709709
  
  Events...
  )