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==== Europe ====
* [[Charles Martel]], Merovingian [[mayor of the palace]], invades [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. Duke [[Hunald I of Aquitaine]] refuses to recognise the authority of the [[Francia|Franks]], whereupon Charles marches south of the [[Loire|River Loire]], seizing the cities of [[Bordeaux]] and [[Blaye]]. Within 4 years he will have subdued all the Burgundian [[Tribal chief|chieftain]]s, while continuing to fight off [[Moors|Moorish]] advances into [[Gaul]].<ref>Pierre Riche, ''The Carolingians: A family who forged Europe'', Transl. Michael Idomir Allen, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), p. 44.</ref>
* King [[Liutprand, King of the Lombards|Liutprand]] of the [[Lombards]] raises his nephew [[Hildeprand]] to co-kingship, after a serious illness (approximate date).
* Siege of al-Sakhra: [[Moors]] under [[Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj]] (governor of [[Al-Andalus]]) besiege [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius, king of Asturias]], in the uppermost Northern mountain ranges in Iberia. The battle ends inconclusively, with [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius]] surviving, but 270 out of his 300 followers are killed (at least according to a Muslim chronicle from the 11th century).