Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 741 A.D. through 750 A.D.
- 741 to 750
- Constantine V Copronymus succeeds to the throne of
Byzantium (741 - 775) and renews the prohibition of
image worship
- Charles Martel dying, his son Pepin the Short
becomes mayor of the Frankish court (741)
- Charlemagne, son of Pepin, b. 742 (d. 814)
- Caliph Mervan II, last of the Omayyads (744)
- Swabia becomes part of Frankish Empire (744)
- The Emperor Constantine V defeats the Arabs
(745 - 751)
- Pepin the Short fights the growing political
influence of Boniface (745)
- Arab fleet destroyed during an attack on Cyprus
(748)
- Tassilo, last independent duke of Bavaria
(748 - 788)
- Aistulf, king of the Lombards (749 - 757)
- The dukedom of Bavaria extends to Carniola (750)
- The Abbasids wipe out the Omayyads and obtain
the caliphate (Abu-al-Abbas rules till 754) [750]
- A time of darkness, profligacy, and misery precedes
the age of Charlemagne (750)
- The succession to the Byzantine throne is generally
determined by violence and treachery (750)
- End of Merovingian line in France: Childeric III
deposed, Pepin the Short chosen king (750 - 768)
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