• Abd-ar-rahman I lands in Spain, where the next year he will establish a new Umayyad dynasty.
• Offa deposes king Bernred[?] of Mercia and takes the kingdom.
• Cynewulf deposes king Sebright[?] of Wessex and takes the kingdom.
• Sudden change in style in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, from short descriptions to true short story.

Births

Deaths

• Saint Boniface, bishop and monastic founder, martyred in Frisia
• Ethelbald, king of Mercia, slain in battle