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 * For the brand of bicycle tubing, see .

Byzantine Empire

 * — is defeated at the ;  briefly takes command of the army.
 * Some members of the Blue and Green factions in  are imprisoned for murder, precipitating the  the next year.
 * The building of St. Sophia Basilica, Constantinople, is begun, and is completed in.

Europe

 * succeeds as king of the.
 * The and  defeat the Kingdom of.

Asia

 * The reign of Chang Guang Wang, ruler of the Chinese, ends.
 * succeeds as.

Births

 * , Chinese scholar, official, calligrapher, painter, musician, writer, antiquarian, and Buddhist (d. )

Deaths

 * , king of the (in battle)