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Pepin the Short (714 — 768), king of theFranks since751 , dies; he is succeeded by his sons Carloman (eastern Franks) and Charles, "aka"Charlemagne (western Franks).
*Deventer (in the present dayNetherlands ) 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 celebrateEaster on the Roman date, at the teaching of Elbodugus.
*August 7 —Pope Stephen III succeedsPope Paul I as the 94thpope .Births
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Han Yu —philosopher ,essayist , andpoet inTang Dynasty China (d.824 )
*Xue Tao Deaths
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Pepin the Short , King of theFranks , father ofCharlemagne (b.714 )
*Fruela I of Asturias
*Yaxun B'alam IV , king ofYaxchilan (b.709 )
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