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Events

By Place

Asia

• Abu Muslim unites the Abbasid Empire against the Umayyads.
• Ibrahim the Imam, leader of an Abbasid revolt against the Umayyads, is captured.
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China abolishes the death penalty.

Europe

• Carloman retires into a monastery. Pippin the Short remains sole ruler of the Franks as Mayor of the Palace.
• Plague breaks out in Sicily, Calabria, and Momenvasia.

Births

• Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (disputed date)

Deaths

• Li Shizhi, Chinese vice-chancellor and poet of the Tang Dynasty

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