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Events

By Place

Asia

• The Year of the Fire Rat (Chinese Zodiac) begins in January.
• December 22 — Another deadly earthquake strikes Damghan, Iran, killing 200,000 people.

Europe

• November — An earthquake in Corinth, Greece, kills an estimated 45,000.
• Ethelbald usurps the throne of Wessex from his father Ethelwulf.
• Ordono I of Asturias is said to have begun the repopulation of the town of León.

Byzantine Empire

• Bardas becomes regent for the Byzantine Emperor Michael III.

Births

• Li Keyong, ethnic Shatuo Turk who became a prominent jiedushi of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 908)
• Li Maozhen

Deaths

• January 7 — Saint Aldric, Bishop of Le Mans (b. c. 800; died at Le Mans)
• February 4 — Rabanus Maurus, Bishop of Mainz

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