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Events
By Place
Europe
*
September 15 - Oldest known mention ofMonkey .
*December 25 - Charles the Great (Pope Leo III ) is crowned emperor byPope Leo III inRome , marking the start of theHoly Roman Empire .
* Celtic monks begin work on the "Book of Kells " on the Island ofIona .
* The town ofShrewsbury , England is founded.Africa
* Bantu-speaking people settle in present-day
Zambia (approximate date).
* In Tunisia,Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab is appointed as hereditaryEmir by Abbasid CaliphHarun al-Rashid .
* The west African Kingdom ofTakrur is founded (approximate date), flourishing roughly parallel to theGhana Empire .Americas
* The
Arawak people settle on the island ofBarbados from South America (approximate date).
* The Mississippian Period begins in the central North American Continent. [ [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-707 The New Georgia Encyclopedia: Mississippian Period: Overview] .]
* TheMayan civilization begins its declineOceania
* The Māori start migrating to New Zealand (approximate date).
Births
* supposed date of birth of
Nominoe , first king of allBrittany .Deaths
* Saint
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