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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[September]] &ndash; The [[Armeniac Theme]], located in northeastern [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]] (modern [[Turkey]]), revolts against Empress [[Irene of Athens|Irene]], and declares the 19-year-old [[Constantine VI]] sole ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Other [[Theme (Byzantine district)|themes]] follow its example, and imprison their ''[[Strategos#Byzantine use|strategoi]]''. Constantine sends his [[Iconoclasm|iconoclast]] general [[Michael Lachanodrakon]], to ensure that the Armeniacs (his closest supporters) take an [[oath]]. Irene is confined and imprisoned in her palace at [[Constantinople]]; all her [[eunuch]]s are [[exile]]d.

==== Europe ====
* [[Alcuin]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]], returns (after an 8-year absence) to [[England]]. During his stay at the [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]] court of King [[Charlemagne]] in [[Aachen]], he [[Education|has educated]] his sons [[Charles the Younger|Charles]], [[Pepin of Italy|Pepin]] and [[Louis the Pious|Louis]]. Alcuin revises the [[Liturgy|church liturgy]] and the [[Bible]], and is responsible for an [[intellectual]] movement within the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelred I of Northumbria|Æthelred I]] returns to [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]], and is restored to the [[throne]] after living in exile for 11 years. His rival [[Osred II of Northumbria|Osred II]] is deposed, forcibly [[tonsure]]d, and exiled to the [[Isle of Man]]. Æthelred then faces a rebellion by another rival, named [[Eardwulf of Northumbria|Eardwulf]]. The latter is captured, and hanged outside the gates to [[Ripon Cathedral|Ripon Abbey]]. The body is taken into the [[abbey]], where Eardwulf recovers and escapes to exile. 
* King [[Offa of Mercia]] takes control of [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]]. King [[Æthelberht II of East Anglia|Æthelberht II]] mints his own [[coin]]s, in defiance of his overlord (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[Cambodia]] begins to break away from the [[Sumatra]]-based kingdom [[Srivijaya]], as a 20-year-old Cambodian prince, who claims descent from the rulers of [[Kingdom of Funan|Funan]], is consecrated in eastern Cambodia with the title [[Jayavarman II]]. In the next 10 years he will extend his powers north into the [[Mekong Delta|Mekong Valley]] (modern [[Vietnam]]).