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Events

By Place

Europe

• March 21 — The Battle of Vincy is fought between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.

Byzantine Empire

• March 25 — Leo III usurps the throne of Byzantium.
• August 15 — Maslama begins the Second Arab siege of Constantinople. The siege lasts for nearly a year.

Asia

• December 24 — An earthquake shakes many places in northern Syria, and destroys the Old Church of Edessa.
• Umayyad caliph al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik is succeeded by Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik.

By Topic

Religion

• King Nechtan IV of the Picts expels the monks from the Scottish island of Iona.

Births

• Rabi’ah al-Adawiyya, classical Islamic poetess

Deaths

• Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph

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