754

• Pope Stephen III crowns Pepin the Short King of the Franks at St. Denis outside Paris. In return, Pepin sends troops to Italy to aid the Stephen in his war against the Lombards. Lombardy eventually falls to the Frankish forces, and Pepin grants the lands to the Pope as his personal domain, marking the beginning of the Papal States

These people died:

• Chinese poet Chi Hao.

753 - 754 - 755

8th century

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