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

==== Frankish Kingdom ====
* [[September 24]] &ndash; King [[Pepin the Short|Pepin III]] ('''the Short''') dies at [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], [[Neustria]]. The [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]] is divided between his two sons: [[Charlemagne]] and [[Carloman I]]. According to [[Salic law]] Charlemagne receives the outer parts of the kingdom bordering on the sea, namely Neustria, western [[Aquitaine]], and the northern parts of [[Austrasia]]; while Carloman is awarded his uncle's former share, the inner parts: southern Austrasia, [[Septimania]], eastern Aquitaine, [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]], [[Provence]], [[Swabia]], and the lands bordering [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]].
* [[Waiofar]], duke of Aquitaine, and his family are captured and executed by the Franks in the forest of [[Périgord]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lewis |first=Archibald Ross |author-link=Archibald Ross Lewis |title=The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin |year=1965 |pages=27–28}}</ref> Waiofar's kinsman [[Hunald II]] succeeds to his claims and continues to fight against Charlemagne.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Bernard |last=Bachrach |author-link=Bernard S. Bachrach |title=Military Organization in Aquitaine under the Early Carolingians |journal=[[Speculum (journal)|Speculum]] |volume=49 |issue=1 |year=1974 |doi=10.2307/2856549|jstor=2856549 |page=13|s2cid=162218193 }}</ref>

==== Iberian Peninsula ====
* [[Fruela I of Asturias|Fruela I]] ('''the Cruel'''), the [[King of Asturias]], is assassinated in [[Cangas de Onís|Cangas]], his capital, after he murders his brother Vimerano. Fruela is succeeded by his cousin [[Aurelius of Asturias|Aurelius]], who is chosen by the [[nobility]].
* In [[al-Andalus]], the [[Berber people|Berber]] tribal chieftain Saqiya ibn Abd al Wahid al-Miknasi leads a rebellion against the [[Emirate of Córdoba]], in the present-day Spanish province of [[Extremadura]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista|year=1993|publisher=Editorial Presença|location=Lisbon|author=Joel Serrão and A. H. de Oliverira Marques|editor=Joel Serrão and A. H. de Oliverira Marques|page=124|chapter=O Portugal Islâmico}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Alhred of Northumbria]] marries Princess Osgifu, possibly daughter of the late king [[Oswulf of Northumbria|Oswulf]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Kasuga-taisha|Kasuga Shrine]] is erected at [[Nara, Nara|Nara]] ([[Japan]]), by the [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara family]]. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the [[Tōrō|stone lanterns]] that lead up to the [[Shinto shrine]]

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[August 7]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope Stephen III|Stephen III]] succeeds [[Pope Paul I|Paul I]] as the 94th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. The antipope [[Antipope Constantine II|Constantine II]] is overthrown at [[Rome]], through intervention by King [[Desiderius]] of the [[Lombards]], after a brief reign (see [[AD 767|767]]).
* [[Lebuinus]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]], founds the city of [[Deventer]] (modern-day [[Netherlands]]), and builds a wooden [[Church (building)|church]] on the bank of the [[IJssel|River IJssel]] (approximate date).
* Archbishop [[Elfodd|Elfodd of Gwynedd]] persuades the [[Celtic Christianity|Welsh Church]] to accept the Roman dating of [[Easter]], as agreed by the [[Catholic Church|British Church]] at the [[Synod of Whitby]] (see [[664]]).
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