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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

By Topic

Environmental change

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Saelred becomes king of Essex

★ Ceolred becomes king of Mercia after his cousin Cenred abdicates to become a monk in Rome

By Topic

Environmental change

★ A storm separates the Channel Islands of Jethou and Herm

Births

★ Emperor Kōnin, emperor of Japan (d. 782)

★ Yan Zhenqing, renowned Chinese calligrapher and governor (d. 785)

★ Mazu Daoyi, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 788)

Deaths

★ January 9 — Saint Adrian of Canterbury

★ May 25 — Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne

★ April 24 — Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint