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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[January 18]] &ndash; Duke [[Odilo, Duke of Bavaria|Odilo]] of [[Bavaria]] dies after a 12-year reign. [[Grifo (noble)|Grifo]], youngest son of [[Charles Martel]], seeks to establish his own rule by seizing the [[duchy]] for himself, and abducts Odilo's infant son [[Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria|Tassilo III]].
*In Rome, [[Pope Zachary]] closes down a slave market, where Venetian merchants had been selling Christian captives to the Muslims in [[North Africa]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=McCormick|first=Michael|date=2002|title=New Light on the 'Dark Ages': How the Slave Trade Fuelled the Carolingian Economy|journal=Past & Present|issue=177|pages=17–54|doi=10.1093/past/177.1.17|jstor=3600877|issn=0031-2746}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelbert II of Kent]] sends a message to [[Saint Boniface|Boniface]], archbishop of [[Mainz]], requesting two well-trained [[Northern goshawk|goshawk]]s for [[hunting]]. He had earlier made a gift of two [[falcon]]s and a goshawk to King [[Æthelbald of Mercia]] (approximate date).

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Abbasid Revolution#Persian phase|Abbasid Revolution]]: The [[Kaysanites Shia#History|Hashimi]] rebels under [[Abu Muslim Khorasani]] take [[Merv]], capital of the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] province [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]] (modern [[Iran]]), marking the consolidation of the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] revolt. [[Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i]] takes the cities [[Nishapur]] and [[Rey, Iran|Rey]], defeating an Umayyad army (10,000 men) at [[Gorgan]]. 
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Nasr ibn Sayyar]], Arab governor of Khorasan, dies after a 10-year administration in which he has fought vigorously against dissident tribes, [[Turgesh]] neighbors, and the Abbasids. Nasr had imposed [[Tax per head|poll taxes]] (''[[jizya]]'') on non-[[Muslim]]s, and introduced a system of land [[tax]]ation for [[Arab Muslims|Muslim Arabs]].
* The city of [[Baalbek]] (modern [[Lebanon]]) is sacked with great slaughter.

==== Asia ====
* An [[earthquake]] strikes the [[Middle East]] from northern [[Egypt]] to northwestern [[Mesopotamia]], destroying many remnants of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] culture (approximate date).
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