Empress <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_of_Athens" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Irene of Athens">Irene</a> is deposed and banished to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbos" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a>. Conspirators place <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_I" id="mwHw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nikephoros I">Nikephoros</a>, the minister of finance, on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" id="mwIA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> throne.