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* [[December 4]] &ndash; King [[Carloman I]], youngest son of [[Pepin the Short|Pepin III ("the Short")]], dies (of a severe [[nosebleed]], according to one source)<ref>Story, Joanna. "Cathwulf, Kingship, and the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis". ''Speculum''.</ref> at the Villa of [[Samoussy]], leaving his brother [[Charlemagne]] sole ruler of the now reunified [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]]. [[Gerberga, wife of Carloman I|Gerberga]], the widow of Carloman, flees with her two sons to the court of King [[Desiderius]] of the [[Lombards]], at [[Pavia]].
* Charlemagne repudiates his Lombard wife [[Desiderata of the Lombards|Desiderata]], daughter of Desiderius, after one year of [[marriage]]. He marries the 13-year-old [[Swabia]]n girl [[Hildegard (queen)|Hildegard]], who will bear him nine children. Desiderius, furious at Charlemagne, plans a punitive campaign against the [[Franks]] and [[Rome]].
* King [[Offa of Mercia]] defeats the [[Haestingas]], and joins their little region to his sub-kingdom of [[Kingdom of Sussex|Sussex]].<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Symeon of Durham]]|title=Historia Regum|chapter=Ch. 47|page=450}}</ref>

====Americas====
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat]] dedicates a 65-ton [[stele]], the largest stone known to be quarried by the [[Maya civilization]], at his city of [[Quiriguá]].</onlyinclude>