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Byzantine Empire
- June 22 — Byzantine Emperor Michael I Rangabe is defeated in a war against the Bulgarians.
Europe
- Louis the Pious is crowned co-emperor of the Franks with his father Charlemagne.
- The Bulgars capture Adrianople.
Asia
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Religion
- July 12 — A revolt puts Leo V on the throne of the Byzantine Empire; former emperor Michael I Rangabe becomes a monk, beginning the Second Iconoclastic Period.
- Third Council of Tours: Priests are ordered to preach in the vernacular (either Vulgar Latin or German).
Births
- Li Shangyin, Chinese poet and official (d. 858)
-Theo Groso- important merchant and world traveler
Deaths
- Abu Nuwas, poet
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