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Events
By Place
Europe
★
Charlemagne dies in
Aachen, aged 67 or 72 (depending on source)
★
Louis the Pious succeeds Charlemagne as king of the
Franks and Emperor.
★ Formation of
Serbia
Byzantine Empire
★ The
Bulgarians lay siege before
Constantinople.
By Topic
Religion
★ Conflict between emperor
Leo V and patriarch
Nicephorus on the subject of
iconoclasm. Leo deposes Nicephorus, Nicephorus excommunicates Leo.
Births
★
Wuzong, Emperor of
Tang China (d.
846)
Deaths
★
January 28 —
Charlemagne, king of the Franks and Emperor
★
February 18 —
Angilbert, Frankish politician
★ March — abbot
Waldo of Reichenau, advisor of
Charlemagne
★
April 13 —
Krum, khan of
Bulgaria (brain hemorrhage)
★
Baizhang, Chinese
Zen Buddhist monk (born
720)