Events A smallpox epidemic starts in Ancient Japan, which reduces the population by 30%. In Tang Dynasty China, by this year there was 149,685,400 kg (165,000 t) of grain shipped annually along the Grand Canal of China. Births Alcuin, missionary and bishop (approximate date) (d. 804) Du You, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 812) Deaths Abi Ishaq, Arab grammarian May 27 — the Venerable Bede (born 672)… (More on 735)