6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
Japan (5)
Dazaifu Vice-Governor Fujiwara no Hirotsugu submits a memorial stating the successes and failures of government and heavenly anomalies, and asks for the removal of Priest-Governor Genbō. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第13 「癸未。大宰少貳從五位」)
Hirotsugu raises troops and rebels; Ōno no Azumahito is made commander-in-chief, and 17,000 troops from five circuits are levied to suppress him. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第13 「九月丁亥。廣嗣遂起兵」)
Hirotsugu leads over 10,000 horsemen to the Itabitsu River and tries to cross with the Hayato as vanguard; Saeki no Tsunehito and others block them with crossbows. The commander-in-chief prays to the Hachiman deity. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第13 「壬戌。詔大將軍東人令」)
The sovereign visits Ise Province; that day he arrives at the temporary palace of Horikoshi in Chikuke village, Yamabe District. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第13 「壬午。行幸伊勢國。以」)
The sovereign arrives from Fuwa at the Yokokawa temporary palace in Sakata District; Moroe goes ahead to take Kuni village in Sōraku District, Yamashiro, to prepare for the move of the capital. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第13 「戊午。從不破發至坂田」)
Western Europe (1)
A fire occurred in York. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 740 항 (pg657.txt 줄 2103))