Events

• The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is recognised as autocephalous by the Patriarchate of Constantinople
• Peter I succeeds Simeon the Great on the throne of Bulgaria and is recognised as Tsar by the Byzantine Empire
• Hubaekje sacks the Silla capital of Gyeongju and places King Gyeongsun on the throne (Korea)
• Hubaekje and Goryeo forces fight near Daegu; the Goryeo army is routed
• On 15 August, the ancient city of Taranto, in southern Italy, is destroyed by the Saracens

Births

Deaths

• Ha-Mim, self-proclaimed prophet among the Ghomara of Morocco
• May 27 - Simeon I of Bulgaria (Tsar Simeon the Great)
• King Gyeongae of Silla