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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* King [[Liutprand, King of the Lombards|Liutprand]] of the [[Lombards]] meets [[Pope Zachary]] at [[Terni]] (Central [[Italy]]), who appeals to the king's religious faith. Liutprand is a pious [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and signs a 20-year [[peace treaty]], restoring the cities of the [[Duchy of Rome]] which he has captured. The independent Lombard duchies of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]] and [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]] absorb into the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombard Kingdom]].
*[[Arab–Byzantine wars|Arab-Byzantine Wars]]: Arab forces under [[Sulayman ibn Hisham]] invade [[Anatolia]], reaching as far as [[Heraclea Pontica|Herakleia]], and return with much wealth and livestock. 
* [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania#Ethnic groups and internal tensions|Umayyad conquest of Hispania]]: Arab forces under [[Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri]], governor (''[[Wali (administrative title)|wali]]'') of [[Al-Andalus]], suppress the [[Berber people|Berber]] rebellion in the region of [[Mértola Municipality|Mértola]] (modern [[Portugal]]).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Serrão|first1=Joel |last2=de Oliveira Marques|first2=A. H.|title=Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista|year=1993|publisher=Editorial Presença|location=Lisbon|page=123|chapter=O Portugal Islâmico}}</ref>
* [[Teodato Ipato]] succeeds his father [[Orso Ipato]], as the fourth [[Doge (title)|doge]] of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]]. He moves the capital from [[Eraclea|Heraclea]] to [[Malamocco]].

==== Africa ====
* The [[Berber Revolt#Offensive on Kairouan|Great Berber Revolt]]: Muslim forces under [[Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi]], governor of [[Egypt]], break out of besieged [[Kairouan]] ([[Tunisia]]). He scatters the Berbers, and in the following months he reconquers all lands lost during the Revolt in Morocco and South of it.

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Xuan Zong]] begins to favor [[Taoism]] over [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhism]], adopting the new reign title ''Tianbao'' ("Heavenly Treasures"), to indicate his divine [[Mandate of Heaven|mandate]]. The total number of enlisted troops in the Tang armies has risen to about half a million, due to Xuan Zongs's earlier military reforms.
* For the [[Municipality|municipal]] census of the Chinese capital city [[Chang'an]] and its [[metropolitan area]] of [[Jingzhou (ancient China)|Jingzhou]] (including small towns in the vicinity), the ''[[New Book of Tang]]'' records that in this year there are 362,921 registered families with 1,960,188 people. 
* [[Li Bai]] (also '''Li Po'''), Chinese [[poet]], is summoned by Xuan Zong to attend the imperial court. He and his friend [[Du Fu]] become the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of [[Chinese poetry]], during the mid-[[Tang dynasty]].