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Events

By Place

Asia

• Yasovarman I succeeds Indravarman II as ruler of the Khmer empire.
• The Unified Silla kingdom seeks to collect taxes by force directly from peasants, setting off massive peasant rebellions.
• Bongwon Temple is founded in present-day Korea.
• The Japanese era Ninna ends and Kanpyō begins.
• Emperor Zhaozong of Tang begins his reign.

Europe

• Vladimir succeeds Boris I Michael as king of Bulgaria.
• Prince Svatopluk I of Great Moravia occupies the territory of the Lusatian Serbs.
• Donald II succeeds Eochaid I as king of Scotland.
• Arnulf of Carinthia grants Osnabrück trade privileges.
• In Italy, Forlì becomes a republic for the first time.
• The Magyars heavily damage Reggio Emilia, killing Bishop Azzo II.
• Bagrat Mampali begins his reign of Georgia.

Births

• Liu Yan

Deaths

• Ibn Qutaibah, Muslim writer
• Al-Dinawari, Kurdish historian and mathematician
• Sumbat I Mampali, Georgian ruler
• Bořivoj I, first Přemyslid duke of Bohemia