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Europe

• September 15 - Oldest known mention of Castile
  Kingdom of Castile
  
  Kingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It emerged as a political autonomous entity in the 9th century. It was called County of Castile and was held in vassalage from the Kingdom of Le?n....
  .
• December 25 - Charles the Great is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III
  Pope Leo III
  
  Pope Saint Leo III was Pope from 795 to 816. Protected by Charlemagne from his enemies in Rome, he subsequently strengthened Charlemagne's position by crowning him as Roman Emperor....
   in Rome
  Rome
  
  Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
  , marking the start of the Holy Roman Empire
  Holy Roman Empire
  
  The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
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• Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells
  Book of Kells
  
  The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript in Latin, containing the Gospel of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables....
   on the Island of Iona
  Iona
  
  Iona is a small island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland that has an important place in the history of Christianity in Scotland and is renowned for its tranquility and natural beauty....
  .
• The town of Shrewsbury
  Shrewsbury
  
  Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is home to 70,689 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham, which has a population of 95,850....
  , England is founded.

Africa

• Bantu
  Bantu languages
  
  The Bantu languages constitute a grouping belonging to the Niger-Congo languages family. This grouping is deep down in the genealogical tree of the Bantoid grouping, which in turn is deep down in the Niger-Congo tree....
  -speaking people settle in present-day Zambia
  Zambia
  
  The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
   (approximate date).
• In Tunisia, Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab
  Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab
  
  Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab was the first Emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya He was the son of al-Aghlab, who successfully quelled the revolt of the Kharijites in Ifriqiya at the end of the 8th century....
   is appointed as hereditary Emir
  Emir
  
  Emir , is a high Nobility or office, used throughout the Arab World and historically in some Turkic peoples states and Afghanistan. Emirs are usually considered high-ranking sheikhs, but in monarchical states the term is also used for princes, with "Emirate" being analogous to principality in this sense....
   by Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid
  Harun al-Rashid
  
  Harun al-Rashid ; also spelled Harun ar-Rashid; , Aaron the Just, or Aaron the Rightly-Guided; March 17, 763 – March 24, 809) was the fifth and most famous Abbasid Caliphate Caliph....
  .
• The west African Kingdom of Takrur
  Takrur
  
  Takrur, Tekrur, or Tekrour was an ancient state of West Africa, which flourished roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.Origin...
   is founded (approximate date), flourishing roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire
  Ghana Empire
  
  The Ghana Empire or Wagadou Empire was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania, and Western Mali.This is believed to be first of many empires that would rise in that part of Africa....
  .

Americas

• The Arawak
  Arawak
  
  The term Arawak , was used to designate some of the peoples encountered by the Spain in the West Indies in 1492 and thereafter. These include the Ta?no, who occupied the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas and Bimini Florida, the Nepoya and Suppoyo of Trinidad and the Igneri, who were supposed to have preceded the Caribs in the Lesser Anti...
   people settle on the island of Barbados
  Barbados
  
  Barbados , situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Continental Island-island nation in the western Atlantic Ocean. Located at roughly 13? North of the equator and 59? West of the prime meridian, it is considered a part of the Lesser Antilles....
   from South America (approximate date).
• The Mississippian
  Mississippian culture
  
  The Mississippian culture was a Mound builder Native Americans in the United States culture that flourished in what is now the Midwestern United States, Eastern United States, and Southeastern United States United States from approximately 800 Common Era to 1500 Common Era, varying regionally....
   Period begins in the central North American Continent.
• The Mayan civilization begins its decline

Oceania

• The Maori start migrating to New Zealand (approximate date).

Births

• supposed date of birth of Nominoe, first king of all Brittany
  Brittany
  
  Brittany is a former independent Celtic nations monarchy and duchy, now incorporated into France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the historic province and independent duchy....
  .

Deaths

• Saint Alkelda
  Alkelda
  
  file:Alkelda Giggleswick SD8164 034.jpgSaint Alkelda , also spelt Alcelda, was an Anglo-Saxons princess of whom almost nothing is known and whose existence has been questioned....