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

==== Europe ====
* [[Saxon Wars#First phase|Saxon Wars]]: King [[Charlemagne]] assembles a Frankish army at [[Düren]], crosses the [[Rhine]] at the modern town of [[Wesel]], and defeats the [[Saxons]] in battle near [[Bocholt, Germany|Bocholt]] ([[North Rhine-Westphalia]]). All the main Westphalian leaders are captured, except [[Widukind]]. Charlemagne crosses the [[Weser]], [[Oker]] and [[Ohre]] rivers into Eastphalian territory, where local leaders submit to [[Francia|Frankish]] rule and hand over [[hostage]]s. Widukind remains in northern [[Old Saxony|Saxony]], and relies on [[guerrilla warfare]].<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 17. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Bensington]]: King [[Offa of Mercia]] defeats his rival [[Cynewulf of Wessex]] at [[Benson, Oxfordshire|Bensington]] (modern-day [[Oxfordshire]]). He seizes control of [[Berkshire]], and probably [[London]] as well. According to sources of the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' Offa becomes ''"King of All England"''. Charlemagne writes a letter to him as "his dearest brother", but when Offa refuses to let one of Charlemagne's sons marry one of his daughters, Charlemagne threatens to close the [[port]]s to English [[trade]]rs.

==== Asia ====
* [[June 12]] - In [[China]], [[Emperor Dezong of Tang|De Zong]] (personal name ''Li Kuo'')  succeeds his father [[Emperor Daizong of Tang|Dai Zong]], as emperor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]].
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* [[March]], days unknown - An earthquake in [[Silla]] with a magnitude of 6.7–7.0 on the Richter scale kills more than 100 people.