World Events Compilation of the Mufaddaliyat (prior to 784) and the Mu'allaqat, the major collections of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry. Births of Arab poets Bashar ibn Burd (714–784) Khalil ibn Ahmad (718–791) Al-Asma'i (740–828) Ibrahim Al-Mausili (742-804) Abu-l-'Atahiya (748–828) Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750–809) (عباس بن الأحنف) Abu Nuwas (750–813) Dik al-Jinn (777–849) Deaths of Arab poets 'Imran ibn Hittan, (died 703) Ibn Qays al-Ruqayyat (died 704) Layla al-Akhyaliyyah (died 704) Waddah al-Yaman (died 708) al-Akhtal (c. 640–710) Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah (died 712) Kuthayyir (ca. 660 – c. 723) Jarir ibn `Atiyah al-Khatfi (died c. 728) al-Farazdaq (died c. 729) Dhu al-Rummah (died 735) Al-'Arji (died 738) Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743) al-Walid ibn Yazid (died 744) Salih ibn 'Abd al-Quddus (d. 784) Bashar ibn Burd (714–784) Khalil ibn Ahmad (718–791) Europe Poets Maria Alphaizuli, referred to as the Arabian Sappho Angilbert (c. 760 - 814), Frankish ecclesiastic and poet, canonized Paulinus of Aquileia (c. 730/40 - 802) Italian ecclesiastic and poet Blathmac mac Con Brettan, Irish fili Niníne Éces, Irish (d. c. 700) Works Likely period for the first composition of the poems that are ultimately compiled in the Beowulf manuscript Dream of the Rood, Old English, possible date Blathmac mac Con Brettan, Tan cucam a Mhuire and Oh Mhaire, a grain on cloine! Niníne Éces, Admuinemmar nóeb-Patraicc Paulinus of Aquileia, Carmen de regula fidei Byzantine Empire Poets Saint Andrew of Crete (ca. 650 – July 4, 740) South Asia Poets Bharavi, writing in Sanskrit Magha, writing in Sanskrit Saraha, writing in Old Hindi Works Decades and years Notes 8th-century poems 08 Poetry