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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Death of Pepin the Short (714 — 768), king of the Franks since 751. He was succeeded by his sons Carloman (eastern Franks) and Charles ''aka'' Charlemagne (western Franks).

★ Deventer is founded (approximate date).

★ Aurelio succeeds Fruela I as king of Asturias.

By Topic

Religion

★ The date, according to the ''Annales Cambriae'', when Wales began to celebrate Easter on the Roman date, at the teaching of Elbodugus.

★ August 7 — Pope Stephen III succeeds Pope Paul I as the 94th pope.

Births

★ Han Yu — philosopher, essayist, and poet in Tang Dynasty China (d. 824)

Deaths

★ Pepin the Short, King of the Franks, father of Charlemagne (b. 714)

★ Fruela I of Asturias