Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 771 A.D. through 780 A.D.
- 771 to 780
- Charles becomes, after the death of his brother
Carloman, sole ruler of the Frankish kingdom
(771 - 814): Charlemagne (Charles the Great)
- Charlemagne subdues Saxony under Widukind and
converts it to Christianity (772 - 804);
imposition of titles for the support of clergy,
churches, schools, and the poor
- Charlemagne annexes Lombard kingdom (773 - 774)
- Offa subdues Kent and Wessex (774)
- Charlemagne confirms Pepin's donation of
territory to the pope, and enlarges it in 781
(774)
- Leo IV, Byzantine Emperor (775 - 780)
- Tibet subdues Himalayan countries and concludes
a boundry agreement with China (775)
- Byzantine victory over the Bulgarians at
Lithosoria (775)
- Charlemagne, after his victory over the Saxons,
hold his first Diet (777)
- Charlemagne defeated by the Basques at Roncesvalles
in the Pyrenees (subject of the "Song of Roland")
[778]
- Louis I, the Pious, future Holy Roman Emperor
(814 - 840), b. 778
- Offa of Mercia, king of all England (779)
- Empress Irene becomes the virtual ruler of the
Byzantine Empire (780 - 802), and restores image
worship
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