Events By place Asia Abbasid caliph al-Mansur founds a new capital at Baghdad, Iraq. Tang military leader Li Fuguo kills the wife of Suzong, and shortly afterward, Suzong dies of a heart attack; Daizong kills Li. Births Deaths Li Bai, Chinese poet (b. 701) Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China (b. 685) Li Po, Chinese poet (b. 701) Emperor Suzong of Tang China (b. 711) Li Fuguo, Chinese eunuch official and military leader (b. 704) Gao Lishi, Chinese official and court eunuch (born 684)… (More on 762)