Events By Place Europe The first entry's made in the Welsh chronicle Brut y Tywysogion. Asia Due to a culmination of major droughts, floods, locust plagues, and epidemics, a widespread famine breaks out in the dual Chinese capital cities of Chang'an (primary capital) and Luoyang (secondary capital). The scarcity of food drives the price of grain to unprecedented heights, ending a once prosperous era under emperors Taizong and Gaozong on a sad note. Emperor Temmu of Japan issues a decree for… (More on 682)