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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Byzantine Empire

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

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)