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700
Toltec arrive at Mexican
central plateau
Arabs capture Tunis - Christianity
in North Africa is almost exterminated
Thuringia becomes part of
the Frankish Kingdom
Psalms are translated into
Anglo-Saxon
Irish and Anglo-Saxon
missionaries on the Continent
Monastic schools flourish
Spread of Buddhism to Nepal
and Tibet (-800)
Cunibert
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(688-)
Halfdan Huitben
-
(Norway)
Eystein
+
(Norway)
701
Aribert II
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-712)
Sergius I
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(687-)
John VI
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-705)
702
Arabic made official
language of Egypt
Ethiopians attack Arab ships
in Red Sea
Arabs occupy Ethiopian ports
Ergica
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(687-)
Witiza
+
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(-709)
703
704
705
Tiberius III
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(698-) Apsimar
Justinian II
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-711) (Rhinometus)
'Abd al-Malik
-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(685-) 5th Umayyad Caliph
al-Walid I
+
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(-715) 6th Umayyad Caliph
Empress Wu
-
(China)
John VI
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(701-)
John VII
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-707)
706
707
Muslims capture Tangier
John VII
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(705-)
708
Battle of Anchialus -
Bulgarians defeat Justinan II's invading army - Bulgarians gain new
territory
Sisinnius
+-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
*****
Constantine
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-715)
709
Muslims capture Ceuta
Witiza
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(702-)
Roderic
+
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(-711)
710
Justinian II confirms papal
privileges
Muslims invade Spain and
Indus Valley (-711)
Japanese begin to build
capital city near modern day Nara (Yamato pen.) in emulation of China's
Ch'ang-an
711
Berbers (Moors) under Tarik
invade Spain; Roderic defeated - Visigothic Kingdom in Spain ends
(4/30/711)
Justinian II is executed
during revolt led by Philippicus (12)
Arab invasion of Sind
Moorish Conquest of Spain
Justinian II
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(705-) Rhinometus (Last Heraclian
Emperor)
Philippicus
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-713) Bardanes
Roderic
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(709-)
Tarik and Musa
+
(Moorish
Amirate)
(-714)
Childebert III
-
(France)
(695-)
Dagobert III
+
(France)
(-715)
712
Muslims establish state in
Sind (Pakistan)
Hsuan Tsung
+
(T'ang
China)
(-751)
Aribert II
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(701-)
Liutprand
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-744)
713
Liutprand, king of the
Lombards, intoduces leases on land without permanent tenure
Philippicus
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(711-) Bardanes
Anastasius II
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-715) Artemius
Hsuan-tsung
+
(T'ang
China)
(-755) 8th Tang Emperor
714
Pepin II of Herstal -
(Austrasia)
(Neustria)
(680-) (Mayor of the Palace)
Charles Martel +
(Austrasia)
(Neustria)
(-741) (Mayor of the Palace)
Tarik and Musa
-
(Moorish
Amirate)
(711-)
Abdelaziz
+
(Moorish
Amirate)
(-717)
715
Anastasius II
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(713-) Artemius
Dagobert III
-
(France
(711-)
Chilperic II
+
(France)
(-720)
al-Walid I
-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(705-) 6th Umayyad Caliph
Sulayman
+
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(-717) 7th Umayyad Caliph
Constantine
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(708-)
Gregory II
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-731)
Ibn Misjah
-
-715
Musician
(Arabian)
716
Second Arab seige of
Constantinople (-717)
Theodosius III
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-717)
717
Isaurian dynasty in the
Byzantine Empire (-796)
Lifting of the last Arab
siege of Constantinople by Leo III
Initiation of internal
reforms by Umar II
Theodosius III
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(716-)
Leo III
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(717-741)
the Isaurian
Sulayman
-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(715-) 7th Umayyad Caliph
Umar II
+
(Umayyid
Caliphate)
(717-720) 8th Umayyad Caliph ('Abd
al-'Aziz)
Abdelaziz
-
(Moorish
Amirate)
(714-) Omayyad?
718
Chilperic II becomes sole
ruler of united Frankish Kingdom
Visigothic prince Pelayo
founds kingdom of the Asturias in Spanish Mountains
Moors who hold rest of Spain
and Portugal advance northwards
Coenred
-
(Northumbria
Kingdom)
(716-718)
King
Osric
+
(Northumbria
Kingdom)
(718-729)
King
Aethelbald
...
(Mercia
Kingdom)
(716-757)
King
Aelfwald
...
(East
Anglia
Kingdom)
(713-749)
King
Ine
...
(Wessex
Kingdom)
(688-726)
King
Saelred
...
(Essex
Kingdom)
(709-746)
King
Swaefbert
...
(Essex
Kingdom)
(715-738)
co-king
appointed by Saelred
Wihtred
...
(Kent
Kingdom)
(690-725)
King
Chilperic II
...+
(Neustria)(Frankinsh
Kingdom)
(715-720)(718-721)
Charles Martel
...+
(Austrasia)(Neustria)(Frankinsh
Kingdom)
(714-741)(717-741)(718-) Mayor
Odo the Great
...
(Aquitaine)
(700-735)
Duke
(aka Eudes)
Clothar
IV-
(Austrasia)
(717-718)
Kormesiy
...
(Bulgaria)
(715-721)
Leo III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(717-741)
the Isaurian
Alhor
+
(Moorish
Amirate)
(718-719)
Pelayo
+
(Asturias)
(718-737)
Visigothic
prince
Umar II
...
(Umayyid
Caliphate)
(717-720) 8th Umayyad Caliph ('Abd
al-'Aziz)
Xuanzong
...
(T'ang
China)
(712-756)
6th Tang
Emperor
Pushkaraksha
(Chenla
Kingdom/Kambuja)
(715-???)
(Khmer)Ruler of
Shambhupura
719
Alhor
-
(Moorish
Amirate)
(718-)
720
Chilperic II
-
(France)
(715-720)
Thierry IV
+
(France)
(-741)
'Abd al-'Aziz
-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(717-) 8th Umayyad Caliph 'Umar ibn
Yazid II
+
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(-724) 9th Umayyad Caliph
Paul the
Deacon
720-800
Lombard
Historian
721
Battle of Toulouse - Franks
defeat Muslim invading force (6/9/721)
Gerber
721-776
722
Battle of Covadonga -
Christians defeat Moors in Spain (late summer)
723
724
Yazid II
-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(720-) 9th Umayyad Caliph
Hisham
+
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(-743) 10th Umayyad Caliph
725
Copts in Egypt rebel
726
Pope Leo III begins
Iconoclast movement against images - opposed by Pope Gregory II (-730)
King Ine of Wessex first
levies "Peter's Pence" - tax to support a college in Rome
727
728
729
History of the English Church
and People
(Bede)
(730)(731)
730
Pope Gregory II
excommunicates Leo III
Abderraman of Gafeki + (Moorish
Amirate)
Eystein
-
(Norway)
Halfdan Millde
+
(Norway)
(-784)
Alcuin of
York
730-804
731
Gregory II
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(715-731)
Gregory III
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(731-741)
732
Battle of Tours - Charles
Martel defeats Moors and halts Muslim northward advance (10/10/732)
Accession of Sanjaya (Java)
Abderraman of Gafeki - (Moorish
Amirate)
Sanjaya
+
(Java)
733
Leo III withdraws Byzantine
provinces of southern Italy from papal jurisdiction
734
Liutprand, king of the
Lombards, again introduces leases on land without permanent tenure
735
Harold Hildetand
-
(Denmark)(Sweden)
(647-) Skioldung
Sigurd Ring
+
(Denmark)(Sweden)
(-750) Skioldung
Bede
673-735
Monk/Historian (Jarrow Monastery)
736
737
Battle of Narbonne - Charles
Martel defeats the Moors again
Nanchao Kingdom created
after Pileguo with the help of the Tang Dynasty unites 6 zhaos in Yunnan
Pelayo
-
(Asturias)
(718-)
Favila
+
(Asturias)
(-739)
738
739
Pope Gregory III sends an
embassy to Charles Martel seeking protection against the Lombards
Coptic rebellion again in
Egypt
Favila
-
(Asturias)
(737-)
Alfonso I
+
(Asturias)
(-757) the
Catholic
Willibrord
658-739 Anglo-Saxon
Missionary / Apostle of Frisia
740
Constantine V
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-775) Copronymus
741
Carolingian House in
Frankish Kingdom (-928)
Leo III
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(717-) the Isaurian
Theodoric IV
-
(France)
(720-)
Childeric III
+
(France)
(-751)
Charles Martel
-
(France)
(714-) (the Hammer) (Mayor of the
Palace)
Pepin III the Short +
(Neustria)
s.
Charles Martel (Mayor of the Palace)
Carloman +
(Nuestria)
(Burgundy)
(-747) (Mayor )
Gregory III
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(731-)
Zacharias
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-752)
Charles
Martel
688-741
Carolingian
Mayor
742
Plague hits Europe again
742-743
Charlemagne
742-814
Emperor
(Aachen)
743
Hisham
-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(724-) 10th Umayyad Caliph
al-Walid II
+
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(-744) 11th Umayyad Caliph
744
Liutprand
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(712-)
Rachis of Friuli
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-749)
al-Walid II
-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(743-) 11th Umayyad Caliph
Yazid III
+-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
***** 12th Umayyad Caliph
Ibrahim
+-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
***** 13th Umayyad Caliph
Marwan II
+
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(-750) 14th Umayyad Caliph al-Himar
745
746
Greeks retake Cyprus from
Arabs
747
Abu Muslim unites most of
the Arab Empire in the Abbasid revolt against Omayyads - raises the
black
banners
Carloman -
(France)
(741-) (Mayor
of the Palace)
748
749
Abu Muslim establishes Abu
Abbas as-Saffah as 1st Caliph
Rachis of Friuli
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(744-)
Aistulf
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-756)
Abu l Abbas as-Saffah + (Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-754) 1st Abbasid Caliph (shedder
of blood)
John of
Damascus
675-749
Syrian
Doctor & Father of the Church
750
Battle on the Great Zab -
Abbas (Abbasids) defeats Marwan II and supplant Umayyad rule (1/25/750)
Pope Zacharias encourages
Pepin to depose the Merovingian figurehead
Irish monastery St. Gall in
Switzerland founded
Caliphate capital moved from
Damascus to Baghdad
Rise of Imperial Pratiharas
- rise of Rashtrakutas
Marwan II
-
(Omayyid
Caliphate)
(744-) 14th (last) Umayyad Caliph
al-Himar
Sigurd Ring
-
(Denmark)(Sweden)
(735-) Skioldung
Ragnar Lodbrok
+
(Denmark)(Sweden)
(-794) Skioldung
751
Battle of Talas River -
Abbassid Caliphate vs. Tang China (7/751)
Pepin the Short sends
embassy to the Pope to ask if he thought it right that there should be
two
Frankish rulers
Lombards under Aistulf
capture Ravenna from the Byzantine Empire
Constantine V instructs Pope
Zacharias to go to Pavia and negotiate the return of the exarchate to
Byzantium
Pepin the Short dethrones
Childeric III at Soissons
Pepin the Short crowned King
of the Franks - end of Merovingian House - start of Carolingian Dynasty
(-928)
Ommayid Caliphate falls in
Egypt
Arabs learn papermaking from
captured Chinese prisoners - use of paper spreads westward in the empire
Arabs defeat Chinese at
Samarkand
Childeric III
-
(France)
(741-)
Pepin III the Short ++
(France)
(-768) King
Hsuan Tsung
-
(T'ang
China)
(712-)
752
Pepin the Short recaptures
Septimania due to factional rivalry between Abbasids and Ommayads
(752-759)
Zacharias
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(741-752)
Stephen II +- (never
consecrated)
*****
Stephen II (or III)
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(752-757)
753
754
Pope Stephen II arrives in
Gaul and annoints Pepin the Short, confers title of Patricius,
regent/protector
of Italy
Death of Abbas - Mansur
succeeds
Abu l Abbas as-Saffah
- (Abbasid
Caliphate)
(749-) 1st Abbasid Caliph
al-Mansur
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(754-775) 2nd Abbasid Caliph
755
Rebellion of An Lu-shan
Hsuan-tsung
-
(T'ang
China)
(713-)(712-)
8th T'ang
Emperor
756
Pepin leads an army to
protect Pope Stephen III from the Lombards
Donation of Pepin: Papal
states founded in Italy
Independent western Omayyad
Caliphate (Emirate of Cordoba) formed under Abd-al-Rahman I
Aistulf
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(749-)
Desiderius
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-774)
Abder Rahman I
+
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(-788) Ommayad escapee from Damascus
757
Aethelbald
King of Mercia is murdered in Staffordshire - killed by his own household at night
Offa
king of Mercia builds Offa's Dyke to keep out the Welsh
Rashtrakuta
Dynasty begins with assertion of feudatory Dantidurga Rashtrakuta (-973)
Aethelbald
-
(Mercia
Kingdom)
(716-757)
King
Offa
+
(Mercia)
(757-796)
King
Alfonso
I
-
(Asturias)
(739-757)
the
Catholic
Fruela
I
+
(Asturias)
(757-768)
Stephen
II (or III)
- (Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(752-757)
Paul
I
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(757-767)
758
759
Muslims retreat permantly
south of the Pyrenees
760
Gaonate of Yehudai (760-763)
Palas in Bengal
Anan, religious leader active
761
762
Mansur founds Baghdad as the
new capitol (762-763)
763
Battle of Anchialus -
Constantine V defeats Bulgars
764
765
Death of Ja'far al-Sadiq -
Imam of the Husaynid line of the Shi'a - the division of the Shi'
begins after
his death
A school of medicine founded
in Baghdad
766
Harun al Raschid
766-809
767
Coptic Revolt again (767-772)
Paul I
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(757-)
Constantine (antipope)
+ (Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-769)
Han
Yu
767-824
768
Pepin the Short
-
(France)
(741-)(751-)
Carloman
+
(France)
(-771)
Fruela I
-
(Asturias)
(757-)
Aurelio
+
(Asturias)
(-774)
Aurelius
Philip
(antipope)
+-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
*****
Stephen III (or IV)
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-772)
769
Constantine
(antipope)
- (Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(767-)
770
771
Carloman
-
(France)
(768-)
Charlemagne
++
(France)
(-814) son
of Pepin
772
Charlemagne subdues Saxony
and converts it to Christianity
Charlemagne meets Pope Adrian I in Rome to help fend off invasion (11/23/772)
Stephen III
(or IV)
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(768-772)
Adrian I
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(772-795)
773
774
Seige of Pavia - Charlemagne
versus Desiderius
Charlemagne defeats and
annexes Lombard kingdom in Italy at the urging of Pope Adrian I
Charlemagne comes to Rome
and confirms the Donation of Pepin and joins additional provinces
Adrian makes Charlemagne
Patrician of the Romans - protectorate over all Italy
Desiderius
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(756-) end of Lombard Kingdom
Aurelio
-
(Asturias)
(768-) Aurelius
Silo
+
(Asturias)
(-783)
775
Constantine V
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(740-) Copronymus
Leo IV
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-780) the Khazar
al-Mansur
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(754-) 2nd Abbasid Caliph
al-Mahdi
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-785) 3rd Abbasid Caliph
776
Death of Abu Hanifa -
founder of the Hafanite School of Law
Gerber
721-776
777
778
Battle of Roncesvalles -
Moors and Basques defeat Franks in Pyrenees (8/15/778)
Charlemagne creates Spanish
March
Louis I The
Pious
778-840 Emperor
of the West
779
Offa king of Mercia becomes
king of all England
780
Constantine VI a child under
the influence of his mother Irene
Tax reform in China
Leo IV
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(775-780) the Khazar
Constantine VI
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(780-797)
Al
Khowarizmi
780-850
781
Bishopric of Bremen founded
782
Charlemagne summons Alcuin
of York to head palace school at Aachen - revival of learning in Europe
Battle of Suntel - Saxons prevail
Verden Massacre - Saxons revolt against
Frankish control - Charlemagne orders 4,500 rebels to be beheaded in one day (10/782)
783
Silo
-
(Asturias)
(774-)
Mauregato
+
(Asturias)
(-788) the
usurper
784
Halfdan Millde
-
(Norway)
(730-)
Gudrod Mikillati
+
(Norway)
(-824)
785
Widukind, leader of the Saxons surrenders to Charlemagne and is ultmately baptised (12/25/785)
al-Mahdi
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(775-) 3rd Abbasid Caliph
al-Hadi
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-786) 4th Abbasid Caliph
786
Mosque at Cordova begun
(-987) (985)
Accession of Harun al-Rashid
- Abbasid courtly life at its height
al-Hadi
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(785-) 4th Abbasid Caliph
Harun al-Rashid
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-809) 5th Abbasid Caliph (Baghdad)
Mamun
786-833
7th
Abbasid
Caliph
787
First Danish invasion of
Britain
2nd Council of Nicaea -
restoration of images
Abbasid Caliphate no longer
recognized west of Egypt
788
Charlemagne annexes Bavaria
Morocco becomes independent
under the Idrisid dynasty
Abder Rahman I - (Cordovan
Amirate)
(756-) Ommayad escapee from Damascus
Hisham I
+
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(-799)
Mauregato
-
(Asturias)
(783-) the
usurper
Bermudo I
+
(Asturias)
(-791) the
Deacon (Veremund)
Sankara
788-820
789
790
791
Constantine VI imprisons his
mother because of her cruelty and assumes power
Harun al Raschid wages war
with Byzantine Empire
Bermudo I
-
(Asturias)
(788-) the
Deacon (Veremund)
Alfonso II
+
(Asturias)
(-842) the
Chaste
792
Palace Chapel of Charlemagne
begins(Odo of Metz)
793
794
Kyoto capital city begins
construction - Beginning of Heian Period in Japan (-1185)
Council of Frankfurt -
called by Charlemagne - condems Adoptionist Heresy
Ragnar Lodbrok
-
(Denmark)(Sweden)
(750-) Skioldung
Sigurd Snogoie
+
(Denmark)
(-803) Sigfred
Bjorn Ironside
+
(Sweden)
(-804) Skioldung
795
Death
of Anas ibn Malik - founder of the Malikite School of Law
Adrian
I
-
(Roman
Patriarchate)
(772-795)
Pope
Leo
III
+
(Roman
Patriarchate)
(795-816)
Pope
Lothair
I
795-855
Emperor
of the West
796
Death
of Offa ends Mercian supremacy in England
Charlemagne
annihilates the Avars
Coup
d'etat of Irene in Byzanine Empire
Offa
-
(Mercia)
(757-796)
King
797
Irene
has her son Constantine VI blinded
Constantine
VI
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(780-797)
Emperor
Irene
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(797-802)
Empress
798
799
Independent
Aghlabid dynasty in Tunisia (799-800)
Hisham
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(Cordovan
Amirate)
(788-799)
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Hakam
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(Cordovan
Amirate)
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