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700
Bewcastle Cross (Northumbrian School, Culmerland)
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Aribert II + (Lombard Kingdom) (-712)
Sergius I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (687-)
John VI + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-705)
702
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
704
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
705
Mosaic decoration in the Umayyad Mosque (-715)
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355) 707 FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Muslims capture Tangier
John VII - (Patriarchate of Rome) (705-)
708
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Anchialus - Bulgarians defeat Justinan II's invading army - Bulgarians gain new territory
Sisinnius +- (Patriarchate of Rome) *****
Constantine + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-715)
709
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Muslims capture Ceuta
Witiza - (Visigoth Kingdom) (702-)
Roderic + (Visigoth Kingdom) (-711)
710 FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Berbers (Moors) under Tarik invade Spain; Roderic defeated - Visigothic Kingdom in Spain ends (4/30)
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 FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Muslims establish state in Sind (Pakistan)
Hsuan Tsung + (T'ang China) (-751)
Aribert II - (Lombard Kingdom) (701-)
Liutprand + (Lombard Kingdom) (-744)
713 FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FRANKISH CIVIL WAR + (715-718)
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
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR ... (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FRANKISH CIVIL WAR ... (715-718)
Second Arab seige of Constantinople (-717)
Theodosius III + (Byzantine Empire) (-717)
717
FIRST BYZANTINE-ARAB WAR - (630-717)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FRANKISH CIVIL WAR ... (715-718)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FRANKISH CIVIL WAR - (715-718)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Alhor - (Moorish Amirate) (718-)
720
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Toulouse - Franks defeat Muslim invading force (6/9)
Gerber 721-776
722
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Covadonga - Christians defeat Moors in Spain (late summer)
723
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
724 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Yazid II - (Omayyid Caliphate) (720-) 9th Umayyad Caliph
Hisham + (Omayyid Caliphate) (-743) 10th Umayyad Caliph
725
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Copts in Egypt rebel
726
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
728
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
729
History of the English Church and People (Bede) (730)(731)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
730
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Pope Gregory II excommunicates Leo III
Abderraman of Gafeki + (Moorish Amirate)
Eystein - (Norway)
Halfdan Millde + (Norway) (-784)
Alcuin of York 730-804
731
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Gregory II - (Patriarchate of Rome) (715-731)
Gregory III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (731-741)
732
The Disciple , Foruna (Nara Period, Japan)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Tours - Charles Martel defeats Moors and halts Muslim northward advance (10/10)
Accession of Sanjaya (Java)
Abderraman of Gafeki - (Moorish Amirate)
Sanjaya + (Java)
733
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Leo III withdraws Byzantine provinces of southern Italy from papal jurisdiction
734
Ashura (Kofukuji) (Nara Period, Japan)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Liutprand, king of the Lombards, again introduces leases on land without permanent tenure
735
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Harold Hildetand - (Denmark)(Sweden) (647-) Skioldung
Sigurd Ring + (Denmark)(Sweden) (-750) Skioldung
Bede 673-735 Monk/Historian (Jarrow Monastery)
736
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
737
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355) 739
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Constantine V + (Byzantine Empire) (-775) Copronymus
741
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Plague hits Europe again -743
Charlemagne 742-814 Emperor (Aachen)
743
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Hisham - (Omayyid Caliphate) (724-) 10th Umayyad Caliph
al-Walid II + (Omayyid Caliphate) (-744) 11th Umayyad Caliph
744
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
746 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Greeks retake Cyprus from Arabs
747
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
The Night-Shing White Steed (Han Kan)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle on the Great Zab - Abbas (Abbasids) defeats Marwan II and supplant Umayyad rule (1/25)
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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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Talas River - Abbassid Caliphate vs. Tang China (7)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Pepin the Short recaptures Septimania "thanks to factional rivalry between Abbasids and Ommayads (-759)
Zacharias - (Patriarchate of Rome) (741-752)
Stephen II +- (never consecrated) *****
Stephen II (or III) + (Patriarchate of Rome) (752-757)
753
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355) 754
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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) (-775) 2nd Abbasid Caliph
755
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Rebellion of An Lu-shan
Hsuan-tsung - (T'ang China) (713-)(712-) 8th T'ang Emperor
756 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Aethelbald King of Mercia is murdered 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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
759
Carolingian Gospel Book (Aachen Cathedral) (-810)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Muslims retreat permantly south of the Pyrenees
760
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Gaonate of Yehudai (-763)
Palas in Bengal
Anan, religious leader active
761
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
762
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Mansur founds Baghdad as the new capitol (-763)
763
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Anchialus - Constantine V defeats Bulgars
764 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
765 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Harun al Raschid 766-809
767
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Coptic Revolt again (-772)
Paul I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (757-)
Constantine (antipope) + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-769)
Han Yu 767-824
768
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Constantine (antipope) - (Patriarchate of Rome) (767-)
770
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355) 771 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Carloman - (France) (768-)
Charlemagne ++ (France) (-814) son of Pepin
772 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Charlemagne subdues Saxony and converts it to Christianity
Stephen III (or IV) - (Patriarchate of Rome) (768-772)
Adrian I + (Patriarchate of Rome) (772-795)
773
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
774
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Death of Abu Hanifa - founder of the Hafanite School of Law
Gerber 721-776
777
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355) 778
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Roncesvalles - Moors and Basques defeat Franks in Pyrenees (8/15)
Charlemagne creates Spanish March
Louis I The Pious 778-840 Emperor of the West
779
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Offa king of Mercia becomes king of all England
780
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Constantine VI a child under the influence of his mother Irene
Tax reform in China
Leo IV - (Byzantine Empire) (775-) the Khazar
Constantine VI + (Byzantine Empire) (-797)
Al Khowarizmi 780-850
781
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Bishopric of Bremen founded
782
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Charlemagne summons Alcuin of York to head palace school at Aachen - revival of learning in Europe
Saxons revolt against Frankish control - 4,500 beheaded in one day
783
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Silo - (Asturias) (774-) Mauregato + (Asturias) (-788) the usurper
784
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Halfdan Millde - (Norway) (730-)
Gudrod Mikillati + (Norway) (-824)
785
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
al-Mahdi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (775-) 3rd Abbasid Caliph
al-Hadi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-786) 4th Abbasid Caliph
786
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Accession of Harun al-Rashid - Abbasid courtly life at its height
Mosque at Cordova begun (-987) (985)
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 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
First Danish invasion of Britain
2nd Council of Nicaea - restoration of images
Abbasid Caliphate no longer recognized west of Egypt
788
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355) 790
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355) 791
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Palace Chapel of Charlemagne begins(Odo of Metz)
793
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355) 794
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
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
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Irene has her son Constantine VI blinded
Constantine VI - (Byzantine Empire) (780-797) Emperor
Irene + (Byzantine Empire) (797-802) Empress
798
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355) 799
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Independent Aghlabid dynasty in Tunisia (-800)
Hisham I - (Cordovan Amirate) (788-799) Emir
Hakam I + (Cordovan Amirate) (799-822) Emir


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