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[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Europe
- Tervel's reign as monarch of Bulgaria ends.
- Saint Boniface sets out for Frisia a second time.
[edit] Asia
- Emperor Leo III and Khan Tervel defeat Arab forces besieging Constantinople, stopping a large Arab incursion towards Europe.
- The world's oldest hotel, Houshi Onsen, is founded in Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
[edit] Births
- Empress Kōken (also Empress Shōtoku) of Japan (d. 770)
