in charge of leading Marmoutier Abbey in Tours. Tō-ji, a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect, is established in Kyoto, Japan. Births Al-Mu'tasim, Muslim caliph (d. 842) Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Egyptian scholar and Sufi (d. 859) Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani, Muslim hadith scholar Liu Zhuan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 858) Lü Dongbin, Chinese scholar and poet Xiao Fang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 875) Deaths April 18 – Æthelred I, king of Northumbria June 12 – Hisham I, Muslim emir (b. 757) July 29 – Offa, king of Mercia (b. 730) August 10 – Eanbald, archbishop of York Colla mac Fergusso, king of Connacht (Ireland) Ecgfrith, king of Mercia Fujiwara no Tsuginawa, Japanese statesman (b. 727) Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari, Muslim philosopher (or 806) Sibawayh, Persian linguist and grammarian (b. 760) Tassilo III, duke of Bavaria (approximate date) References