Events

• Widukind and many other Saxons are baptized.
• Harun al-Rashid becomes caliph.
• The Frankish empire conquers Girona from the Moors.
• Cologne becomes an archbishopry.
• Talorgen succeeds Talorcan II as king of the Picts.

Births

Deaths

• Cynewulf , king of Essex
• Yan Zhenqing, renowned Chinese calligrapher