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Events

By Place

Europe

* Pepin the Short (714 — 768), king of the Franks since 751, dies; he is succeeded by his sons Carloman (eastern Franks) and Charles, "aka" Charlemagne (western Franks).
* Deventer (in the present day Netherlands) is founded (approximate date).
* Aurelio succeeds Fruela I as king of Asturias.

By Topic

Religion

* The date, according to the "Annales Cambriae", when Wales begins 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)
* Xue Tao

Deaths

* Pepin the Short, King of the Franks, father of Charlemagne (b. 714)
* Fruela I of Asturias
* Yaxun B'alam IV, king of Yaxchilan (b. 709)