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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* The Byzantine outpost of [[Chersonesus (Crimea)|Cherson]]  ([[Crimea]]) rebels (with [[Khazars|Khazar]] assistance) against Emperor [[Justinian II]]. He sends a fleet under the ''[[Patrician (ancient Rome)#Late Roman and Byzantine period|patrikios]]'' Stephen, which retakes the city and restores Byzantine control. The fleet, however, is struck by a [[storm]] on its way back and loses many ships, while the Chersonites, again with the aid of the Khazars, rebel anew.<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of the Byzantine State and Society|last=Treadgold|first=Warren T.|year=1997|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford, CA|isbn=978-0-8047-2630-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC|page=341}}</ref>
* The Byzantine general [[Leo III the Isaurian|Leo]] (future emperor Leo III) recovers the [[Kingdom of Abkhazia|Abkhazia]] ([[Caucasus]]) for the [[Byzantine Empire]], from the Arabs.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Venning|editor-first=Timothy|title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire|url=https://archive.org/details/chronologybyzant00venn|url-access=limited|year=2006|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/chronologybyzant00venn/page/n218 192]}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[Roderic]]k becomes king of the [[Visigoths]], but the Visigothic [[Nobility|nobles]] in [[Septimania]] rebel, and proclaim the previous ruler's son [[Achila II|Akhila]] king. The [[Visigothic Kingdom]] is divided into two sub-kingdoms, suffering the first [[Muslim]] raid expedition against the southern [[Iberian Peninsula]].<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 17). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref> 
* An [[Arab people|Arab]] army is invited into [[Ceuta]] by its governor, [[Julian, Count of Ceuta|Julian]], who is an opponent of Roderick. He encourages them to invade the Iberian Peninsula. [[Tariq ibn Ziyad]] is appointed governor of [[Tangier]] ([[Morocco]]), and establishes a [[Moors|Moorish]] garrison of 1,700 men. 
* [[Lupus I of Aquitaine|Lupus I]], duke of [[Duchy of Gascony|Gascony]], is assassinated in his attempt to seize [[Limoges]] ([[France]]). Eudes becomes ruler over both Gascony and [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]].
* The [[Madara Rider]], an [[Early Middle Ages|early medieval]] [[rock relief]], is carved on the [[Madara (village)|Madara Plateau]] east of [[Shumen]] in [[Bulgaria]] (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* Kings [[Ine of Wessex]] and [[Nothhelm of Sussex]] fight against King [[Geraint of Dumnonia]], who dies in battle. Ine's advance brings him control of what is now [[Devon]]; he establishes a fortress at [[Taunton]].<ref>Swanton, ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', pp 42–43</ref> 
* Beorhtfrith fights against the [[Picts]] between Haefe and Caere<ref>According to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''</ref> (assumed to be between the rivers [[River Avon, Falkirk|Avon]] and [[River Carron (Forth)|Carron]], which flow into the [[Firth of Forth]] in [[Scotland]]).

==== Africa ====
* [[Salih I ibn Mansur]] founds the Muslim [[Kingdom of Nekor]] (Morocco). He converts the local [[Berber people|Berber]] tribes to [[Islam]].

==== Asia ====
* [[April 5]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Zhongzong of Tang|Zhong Zong]] of the [[Tang dynasty]] has his chief ministers of court, sons-in-law, and high-ranking military officers engage (during the [[Cold Food Festival]]) in the festive game of [[tug of war]], within a palace of [[Chang'an]].
* [[July 3]] &ndash; Zhong Zong is assassinated, allegedly [[poison]]ed by Empress [[Empress Wei (Tang dynasty)|Wei]], who fails to install her daughter [[Princess Anle|Li Guo'er]] as heir to the [[throne]]. [[Princess Taiping]] and her nephew [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Li Longji]] launch a coup, and restore [[Emperor Ruizong of Tang|Rui Zong]] as emperor.
* The [[Asuka period]], the second and last part of the [[Yamato period]], ends, and the [[Nara period]] begins; [[Heijō-kyō]] ([[Nara, Nara|Nara]]) becomes the capital of [[Japan]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Pope Constantine]] departs for a year-long visit to [[Constantinople]]. He will be the last [[pontiff]] to visit the capital for more than a thousand years.
* The first (wooden) [[Qibli Mosque|Al-Aqsa Mosque]] is finished.
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