By place Europe •
Saxon Wars: King
Charlemagne assembles a Frankish army at
Düren, crosses the
Rhine at the modern town of
Wesel, and defeats the
Saxons in battle near
Bocholt (
North Rhine-Westphalia). All the main Westphalian leaders are captured, except
Widukind. Charlemagne crosses the
Weser,
Oker and
Ohre rivers into Eastphalian territory, where local leaders submit to
Frankish rule and hand over
hostages. Widukind remains in northern
Saxony, and relies on
guerrilla warfare.
Britain •
Battle of Bensington: King
Offa of Mercia defeats his rival
Cynewulf of Wessex at
Bensington (modern-day
Oxfordshire). He seizes control of
Berkshire, and probably
London as well. According to sources of the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Offa becomes
"King of All England". Charlemagne writes a letter to him as "his dearest brother", but when Offa refuses to let one of Charlemagne's sons marry one of his daughters, Charlemagne threatens to close the
ports to English
traders.
Asia •
June 12 - In
China,
De Zong (personal name
Li Kuo) succeeds his father
Dai Zong, as emperor of the
Tang Dynasty. •
March, days unknown - An earthquake in
Silla with a magnitude of 6.7–7.0 on the Richter scale kills more than 100 people. == Births ==