751

Years: 747 748 749 750 - 751 - 752 753 754 755
Decades: 720s 730s 740s - 750s - 760s 770s 780s
Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Pippin the Short is elected as king of the Franks by the Frankish nobility, marking the end of the Merovingian and beginning of the Carolingian dynasty.
The Lombard king Aistulf captures Ravenna and the Romagna, ending the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna.
The oldest surviving printed document, a Buddhist scripture, is printed in Korea
Arabian armies defeated Tang troops in the Battle of Talas.
Theodore succeeds Theophylact as Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
Silla minister Gim Daeseong orders construction to begin on the Bulguksa and Seokguram temples at Gyeongju.
The Japanese poetry anthology Kaifuso is assembled.

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