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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Smallpox epidemic starts in Ancient Japan. It reduces population by 30%.

Births

★ Alcuin, missionary and bishop (approximate date) (d. 804)

★ Du You, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 812)

Deaths

★ Abi Ishaq, Arab grammarian

★ May 27 — the Venerable Bede (born 672)