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Asia

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Religion

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Events

Asia

★ Chu State founded by Ma Yin

★ Hubaekje sacks the Silla capital of Gyeongju and places King Gyeongsun on the throne (Korea)

★ Hubaekje and Goryeo forces fight near Daegu; the Goryeo army is routed

Europe

★ Peter I succeeds Simeon the Great on the throne of Bulgaria and is recognised as Tsar by the Byzantine Empire

★ 15 August — the ancient city of Taranto, in southern Italy, is destroyed by the Saracens

★ After a long process of annexations, the various small kingdoms within what is now England are unified by King Aethelstan, creating the Kingdom of England.

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Religion

★ The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is recognised as autocephalous by the Patriarchate of Constantinople

Births

★ Zhao Kuangyin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Song

Deaths

★ May 27 — Simeon I of Bulgaria

★ Ha-Mim, Moroccan prophet