late king Æthelwald Moll. King Offa of Mercia subdues the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Kent and Wessex (approximate date). By topic Astronomy A 1.2% growth of concentration recorded in tree rings, along with corresponding spikes of and recorded in ice cores, suggests that a very strong solar storm may have hit Earth in either 774 or 775. Births Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 835) Deaths date unknown Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i, Muslim scholar (b. 707) Abu Mikhnaf, Muslim historian (approximate date) Amoghavajra, Chinese translator (b. 705) Kim Daeseong, Korean minister (b. 700) Aurelius, king of Asturias (Spain) probable Gummarus, Frankish nobleman and saint (b. 717) Krishna I, ruler of the Rashtrakuta Empire References