Vincy: Charles Martel invades Neustria and defeats the forces of King Chilperic II at Vincy, near Cambrai. He pursues him and his mayor of the palace Ragenfrid to Paris, before turning back to deal with his stepmother Plectrude at Cologne, to turn over half the wealth of his late father Pepin of Herstal. Charles allows both Plectrude and his nephew Theudoald (who at eleven was still a little child) to live (a gesture uncommon for the time), and obliges her to accept his sovereignty. Charles Martel consolidates his power, proclaims Clotaire IV king of Austrasia in opposition to Chilperic, and deposes Rigobert, bishop of Reims, replacing him with Milo. He marches against Radbod, king (or duke) of the Frisians, and pushes him back into his territory (later part of the Netherlands). Charles sends the Saxons back over the Weser River, and secures the Rhine border—in the name of Clotaire. Paolo Lucio Anafesto dies after a 20-year reign, and is succeeded by Marcello Tegalliano as the second doge of the Republic of Venice. Arabian Empire Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik dies after a 2-year reign, and is succeeded by his cousin Umar II. During his rule he grants tax exemption, and tries to reorganize the Umayyad finances. A Muslim expedition under Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi cross the Pyrenees into Aquitanian territory, leading a small raiding party into Septimania (Southern France). Asia December 24 – A destructive earthquake, with six months of aftershocks, affects Syria and Mesopotamia. Hoshi Ryokan, the world's second-longest surviving hotel, is established in Japan (approximate date). By topic Religion Nechtan mac Der-Ilei, king of the Picts, expels the monks from the island of Iona (Scotland). Births Childeric III, king of the Franks (d. 754) Elipando, Spanish archbishop and theologian Gummarus, Frankish noblemen (d. 774) Princess Inoe of Japan (d. 775) Rabia Basri, Muslim Sufi mystic and saint (d. 801) Deaths December 30 – Egwin of Evesham, bishop of Worcester Basil Onomagoulos, Byzantine usurper Eadwulf I, king of Northumbria Isonokami no Maro, Japanese statesman (b. 640) Paolo Lucio Anafesto, doge of Venice Plectrude, consort of Pepin of Herstal Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Muslim caliph (b. 674) Theobald, duke of Bavaria (or 719) Winnoc, Welsh abbot (or 716) References