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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

• Former Byzantine emperor Anastasius II leads a revolt against emperor Leo III.

Europe

• Theuderic IV succeeds Chilperic II as king of the Franks.
• Battle of Toulouse: Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, the governor of Muslim Spain (al-Andalus), is defeated by Duke Odo of Aquitaine, preventing an Arab invasion of Gaul.
• Anbasa ibn Suhaim Al Kalbi is appointed governor of Al-Andalus.
• Prague is founded (according to legend) by the Princess Libuše and her husband Přemysl, founder of the dynasty with the same name.

China

• Rains and heavy storms around the southern seaport of Yangzhou reportedly destroy over 1,000 ships and boats, in the usual congested canal and river traffic of the Tang Dynasty era.

Births

• Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan (a.k.a. Geber), Arabian alchemist (approximate date)
• Al-Saffah, first Abbasid caliph (d. 754)

Deaths

• Anastasius II, Byzantine Emperor
• Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne (698–721) and presumed author of the Lindisfarne Gospels
• Yao Chong, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 650)
• Liu Zhiji, Chinese historian (born 661)af:721

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