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Europe
- The Royal Mint is founded in England.
- Thessalonica is captured by the Saracens.
Asia
- Chang'an, the capital of Tang Dynasty China and the largest city in the ancient world, is destroyed.
- The Abbasids invade the Tulunid emirate of Egypt.
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Religion
- January 29 — Pope Sergius III succeeds Pope Leo V as the 119th pope; he begins the era of the Pornocracy.
Births
- Guo Wei, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou
Deaths
- January — Christopher the antipope
- Zhaozong, 19th emperor of the Tang Dynasty
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