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Events
By Place
Europe
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Ansprand succeedsAripert as king of theLombards .
* From North Africa,Musa bin Nusair reinforces last year's Muslim invasion of Iberia.
*June 12 — Liutprand succeeds his father Ansprand as king of theLombards .Asia
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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China succeedsEmperor Ruizong of Tang China as emperor ofChina . The plot ofPrincess Taiping 's coup fails.
* The "Kojiki ", a history ofJapan from its birth, is completed.Births
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Al-Mansur , secondAbbasid caliph (d.775 )
*Du Fu , Chinesepoet (d.770 )Deaths
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Aripert , king of theLombards
*Ansprand , king of theLombards
*Fazang , patriarch of theBuddhist Huayan School
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