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Europe

 * , an abbey in, , is founded by.
 * becomes king of at age 10, following the assassination of his half-brother King.
 * Revolt of against  ends.

Asia

 * forced to surrender to the Chinese
 * One of the, the  is a Chinese encyclopedia documenting various stories of Chinese myths and subjects of theology. Divided into 500 volumes, it consisted of over 3 million written.

Births

 * Princess, later Empress of the
 * , prince of and

Deaths

 * — King of England, murdered by supporters of his half-brother
 * , Coptic pope
 * , last Chinese emperor of the (born )