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By place

Europe

• Charles Martel, Merovingian mayor of the palace, forms local alliances with the Burgundians, and imposes Frankish domination on Provence. He defeats Muslim forces at Sernhac and Beaucaire in Septimania.
• Battle of Nîmes: The Franks under Charles Martel fail to capture Narbonne but devastate most of the other settlements, including Nîmes, Agde, Béziers and Maguelonne, which Martel views as potential strongholds of the Umayyads.

  Britain

• King Æthelbald of Mercia is described in the Ismere Diploma as ruler of the Mercians, and all the provinces in southern England. He is also named "Rex Britanniae".
• King Óengus I of the Picts invades the neighbouring kingdom of Dál Riata, which is subjugated. He takes the fortress of Dunadd,, and establishes his rule in Scotland for over two decades.

  Asia

• Rōben, scholar-Buddhist monk, invites Shinshō to give lectures on the Avatamsaka Sutra at Kinshōsen-ji ; this event is considered to be the roots of the Kegon school of Buddhism founded in Japan.

  Mesoamerica

• A diplomatic team from Calakmul, led by Wamaw K'awiil, meets with Quiriguá leader K’ak Tiliw Chan Yopaa, in an attempt to negotiate an end to the city's rebellion during the Third Tikal-Calakmul War.
• Yik'in Chan K'awiil, ruler of the leading Maya city state of Tikal, conquers rival Calakmul, within the northern Petén region of the Yucatán region.

  Births

• Hun Jian, Chinese general
• Zhao Jing, Chinese official

  Deaths

• Hugbert, duke of Bavaria
• Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig, king of Dál Riata
• Yamabe no Akahito, Japanese poet