as heir to the throne. Princess Taiping and her nephew Li Longji launch a coup, and restore Rui Zong as emperor. The Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period, ends, and the Nara period begins; Heijō-kyō (Nara) becomes the capital of Japan. By topic Religion October 5 – Pope Constantine departs for a year-long visit to Constantinople. He will be the last pontiff to visit the capital for more than a thousand years. The first (wooden) Al-Aqsa Mosque is finished. Births Fulrad, Frankish abbot (d. 784) Hnabi, duke of the Alemanni (approximate date) Leoba, Anglo-Saxon nun (approximate date) Lullus, archbishop of Mainz (approximate date) Walpurga, Anglo-Saxon missionary (d. 779) Deaths January 9 – Adrian of Canterbury, abbot and scholar March 27 – Rupert, bishop of Salzburg June 30 – Erentrude, Frankish abbess July 3 – Zhong Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 656) July 21 Li Guo'er, princess of the Tang dynasty Shangguan Wan'er, Chinese poet (b. 664) Empress Wei, empress of the Tang Dynasty September 10 – Li Chongfu, imperial prince of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. c. 680) Al-Akhtal, Arab poet Arikesari Maravarman, king of the Pandyan Empire (India) Bahram VII, son of Yazdegerd III Congal Cennmagair, High King of Ireland Emebert, bishop of Cambrai Geraint, king of Dumnonia (England) Giles, Frankish abbot (approximate date) Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet Lupus I, duke of Gascony Wilfred, Anglo-Saxon bishop (or 709) Wittiza, king of the Visigoths (approximate date) References