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Events

By Place

Asia

Africa

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Nara period in Japan; Heijō-kyō (Nara) becomes the capital of Japan.

★ April 5 — During the Cold Food Festival, Chinese Emperor Zhongzong of Tang had his chief ministers of court, sons-in-law, and high ranking military officers engage in the festive game of tug of war within a palace of Chang'an City. The Emperor purportedly laughed when two older ministers fell over during the game.

Africa

★ Founding of the Muslim Kingdom of Nekor in Morocco.

Europe

★ Muslim army invited into Ceuta by its governor, Count Julian, who, being an opponent of Roderick, encourages them to invade the Iberian peninsula.

★ Roderick deposes Achila to become king of the Visigoths.

By Topic

Religion

★ The first (wooden) Al-Aqsa Mosque is finished.

Births

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Deaths

★ Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet

★ Saint Adalbert of Egmond

★ Emperor Zhongzong of Tang China (assassinated, b. 656)

★ Shangguan Wan'er, female Chinese poet and official of the Tang Dynasty (born 664)