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Events
By Place
Europe
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Pepin the Short defeats theLombards of northernItaly , who have threatenedPope Stephen II . TheDonation of Pepin is a cession of lands includingRavenna that will become the basis of thePapal States .
*Abd-ar-rahman I conquers Iberia and re-establishes theUmayyad dynasty at Cordoba in modernSpain .
*Desiderius succeedsAistulf as king of theLombards .
*Vinekh succeedsKormisosh as king ofBulgaria .Asia
* The army of
An Lushan capturesChang'an in rebellion against theTang Dynasty .Yang Guozhong is killed by the angry soldiers,Yang Guifei and most people in the family of Yang are killed.
*Emperor Suzong of Tang China ascends to the throne, after his fatherEmperor Xuanzong abdicates while fleeing toSichuan during theAn Lushan rebellion .
* The Tang army, led by Zhang Xun, wins theBattle of Yongqiu .Births
Deaths
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July 15 —Yang Guozhong , Chinese chancellor of theTang Dynasty
*December —Aistulf , king of theLombards
*Emperor Shōmu , emperor of Japan (b.701 )
*Yang Guifei , consort of Emperor Xuanzong (executed)
*Gao Xianzhi , ethnic Korean general in service of the ChineseTang Dynasty
*Feng Changqing
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