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Jan 18th
–
Odilo
, duke of
Bavaria
–
Abbasid Revolution
: The
Hashimi
rebels under
Abu Muslim Khorasani
take
Merv
, capital of the
Umayyad
province
Khorasan
, marking the consolidation of the
Abbasid
revolt.
May 22nd
–
Empress Genshō
of Japan (b. 683)
–
Nasr ibn Sayyar
, Umayyad general and politician (b. 663)
