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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[September 8]] - Emperor [[Leo IV the Khazar|Leo IV]] ("the Khazar") dies after a 5-year reign, in which he has been dominated by his wife [[Irene of Athens]], an [[iconodule]]. He is succeeded by his 9-year-old son [[Constantine VI]]; due to his minority, Irene and her chief minister [[Staurakios (eunuch)|Staurakios]] exercise a [[regency]] over him.<ref>Cutler & Hollingsworth (1991), pp. 501–502.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[Saxon Wars#First phase|Saxon Wars]]: King [[Charlemagne]] decrees the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]] for any subdued [[Saxons|Saxon]] refusing Christian [[baptism]]. Meanwhile [[Widukind]] builds up rebel strength in northern [[Old Saxony|Saxony]].{{sfn|Nicolle|2014|p=19}} 
* The city of [[Osnabrück]], developed as a [[Emporium (early medieval)|marketplace]], is founded by Charlemagne (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* The city of [[Aldwych]] rises as an important trading centre in [[London]], under [[Mercia]]n control. King [[Offa of Mercia]] possibly establishes a royal palace at [[Bassishaw|Aldermanbury]], on the site of the old Roman [[Cripplegate|Cripplegate fort]] and [[amphitheatre]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* King [[Hyegong of Silla]] is killed in a revolt, terminating the kingly line of succession of former ruler [[Muyeol of Silla|Muyeol]]. He is the architect of [[Silla#Later Silla|Silla]]'s unification of the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korean Peninsula]] (see [[668]]).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Borobudur]], a Buddhist [[temple]] complex in [[Magelang Regency|Magelang]] (modern [[Indonesia]]), is begun (approximate date).
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