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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Spring &ndash; The Venetian [[Dux|dukes]] change sides again, submitting to King [[Pepin of Italy|Pepin]], under the authority of his father [[Charlemagne]], who then proceeds to take [[Venice]]. Emperor [[Nikephoros I]] sends a [[Byzantine fleet]] to [[Dalmatia]], prompting Pepin to withdraw to the mainland. A [[Papal apocrisiarius|legate]] is dispatched to Venice, where he deposes the [[turncoat]] dukes, before continuing on to [[Aachen]], to negotiate a peace with Charlemagne. Charlemagne recognises [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] dominance over Venice and Dalmatia in the [[Adriatic Sea]].

==== Europe ====
* King [[Gudfred|Godfred]] of the [[Danes]] leads 200 [[Vikings|Viking]] ships to plunder the [[Frisians|Frisian]] coast, and forces the [[merchant]]s to pay 100 pounds of [[silver]]. He claims [[North Frisia|Northern Frisia]] as [[Denmark|Danish]] territory.
* Godfred is killed by one of his [[housecarl]]s, and is succeeded by [[Hemming of Denmark|Hemming]]. According to [[Notker the Stammerer|Notker of Saint Gall]], the [[Royal Guard|bodyguard]] who murdered Godfred is possibly one of his sons.<ref>Notker the Stammerer, [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/stgall-charlemagne.html ''De Carolo Magno''], Book II, Chapter 13.</ref>
* [[Al-Andalus]] (modern [[Spain]]): The city of [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]] rises up against the [[Emirate of Córdoba]].<ref name=rucquoi1993>{{cite book|last=Rucquoi|first=Adeline|title=Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique|year=1993|publisher=Seuil|location=Paris|isbn=2-02-012935-3|pages=443, 86|language=French}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Tikal Temple III]], also known as the '''Temple of the Jaguar Priest''',<ref name="Coe67p76">Coe 1967, 1988, p. 76.</ref> is constructed in [[Tikal|Tikal National Park]] (modern [[Guatemala]]).
* The ''[[Book of Kells]]'' (also known as the '''Book of Colomba'''), an [[illuminated manuscript]], is completed by [[Celts|Celtic]] monks (approximate date).
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