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Events

By Place

Europe

* March 21 — The Battle of Vincy is fought between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.

Byzantine Empire

* March 25 — Leo III usurps the throne of Byzantium.
* August 15 — Maslama begins the Second Arab siege of Constantinople. The siege lasts for nearly a year.

Asia

* December 24 — An earthquake shakes many places in northern Syria, and destroys the Old Church of Edessa.
* Umayyad caliph al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik is succeeded by Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik.
* Hoshi Ryokan, world's longest running business, formed in Japan.

By Topic

Religion

* King Nechtan IV of the Picts expels the monks from the Scottish island of Iona.

Births

* Rabi’ah al-Adawiyya, classical Islamic poetess

Deaths

* Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph