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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Paolo Lucio Anafesto]] is elected the first [[Doge of Venice]], which begins its rise as a major power in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Built up from [[fishing village]]s settled by [[fugitive]]s from the [[Huns]] (see [[452]]), the city of [[Venice]] occupies some 60 [[marsh]]y islands ([[Venetian Lagoon]]). 
* [[Redbad, King of the Frisians|Radbod]], king of the [[Frisians]], retreats to the island of [[Heligoland]] in the [[North Sea]] (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* Queen [[Osthryth]] of [[Mercia]] is murdered by her own [[Nobility|noblemen]]. She is buried at [[Bardney Abbey]] ([[Lincolnshire]]), and later revered as a [[saint]].<ref>{{Cite book |author-link=[[Bede]] |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ecclesiastical_History_of_the_Englis/egy-k7LV-e4C?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title= The Ecclesiastical History of the English People: The Greater Chronicle ; Bede's Letter to Egbert |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1999 |editor-last=McLure |editor-first=Judith |location=Oxford, England |pages=390 |access-date=November 14, 2024 |editor-last2=Collins |editor-first2=Roger}}</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Syria]]n forces under [[Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]], governor of [[Iraq]], defeat the Persian [[Khawarij|Kharijite]]s, who have captured the city of [[Mosul]] and occupy large parts of [[Mesopotamia]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* Empress [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]] abdicates the [[throne]] in favor of the 14-year-old [[Emperor Monmu|Monmu]] (grandson of late emperor [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]]). During her 11-year reign she has established the foundations of [[Law of Japan|law in Japan]].

==== Mesoamerica ====
* The [[Mayan city]] of [[Witzna|Bahlam Jol]] is destroyed by [[Naranjo]] as retaliation for rebelling against its [[suzerain]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Synod of Birr|Council of Birr]]: The northern part of [[Ireland]] accepts the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] calculations for celebrating [[Easter]]. At this synod [[Adomnán]], abbot of [[Iona Abbey|Iona]] ([[Scotland]]), promulgates his ''[[Cáin Adomnáin]]'' ("Law of the Innocents").
* A [[festival]], for the opening of the eyes of [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] images, is held in [[Yakushi-ji]] Temple in [[Japan]] (approximate date).
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