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==== Britain ====
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Eildon Hill|Battle of Eildon]]: King [[Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria]] faces a rebellion, under a rival claimant to the [[throne]] named Oswine, brother of the murdered King [[Oswulf of Northumbria]]. Oswine is killed after a three-day battle against the forces of Æthelwald in Scotland.<ref>Kirby, p. 151, states that Oswine's origins are unknown. Marsden, pp. 232&ndash;233, suggests he was a son of Eadberht. The description of Oswine as an ætheling comes from [[John of Worcester]]'s chronicle.</ref> 
* [[Bridei V]] succeeds his brother [[Óengus I]] as king of the [[Picts]] (modern [[Scotland]]).<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Katherine Forsyth|last=Forsyth|first=Katherine|chapter=Evidence of a lost Pictish source in the ''Historia Regum Anglorum''|editor=Taylor, Simon|title=Kings, clerics and chronicles in Scotland, 500–1297: essays in honour of Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday|location=Dublin|publisher=Four Courts Press|year=2000|isbn=1-85182-516-9}}</ref>