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[[File:Pope Stephen IIIII (2).jpg|{{Largethumb}}upright=1.35|rightthumb|[[Pope Stephen III]] (768–772)]]

==== EuropeFrankish Kingdom ====

* [[September 24]] – King [[Pepin the Short|Pepin III]] ("'''the Short"''')]] dies at [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], [[Neustria]] ([[France]]). The [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]] is divided between his two sons: [[Charlemagne]] and [[Carloman I]]. According to [[Salic law]] Charlemagne (western [[Franks]]) receives the outer parts of the kingdom bordering on the sea, namely Neustria, western [[Aquitaine]], and the northern parts of [[Austrasia]]; while Carloman (eastern Franks) is awarded his uncle's fromerformer share, the inner parts: southern Austrasia, [[Septimania]], eastern Aquitaine, [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]], [[Provence]], and [[Swabia]], and the lands bordering [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]].

* [[Waiofar]], duke of Aquitaine, and his family isare captured and executed by the Franks in the forest of [[Périgord]].<ref>{{sfncite book |last=Lewis |first=Archibald Ross |author-link=Archibald Ross Lewis |title=The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin |year=1965 |pppages=27-2827–28}}</ref> Waiofar's kinsman [[kinsmanHunald II]] Hunald succeeds to his claims and continues to fight against Charlemagne.<ref>{{sfncite journal |first=Bernard |last=Bachrach |author-link=Bernard S. Bachrach |title=Military Organization in Aquitaine under the Early Carolingians |journal=[[Speculum (journal)|Speculum]] |volume=49 |issue=1 |year=1974 |pdoi=10.2307/2856549|jstor=2856549 |page=13|s2cid=162218193 }} </ref>

* King [[Alhred of Northumbria]] marries princessPrincess Osgifu, possibly daughter of the late king [[Oswulf of Northumbria|Oswulf]] (approximate date).

* The [[Kasuga-taisha|Kasuga Shrine]] is erected at [[Nara, Nara|Nara]] ([[Japan]]), by the [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara family]]. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the [[Tōrō|stone lanterns]] that lead up to the [[Shinto shrine|shrine]].

* [[August 7]] – Pope [[Pope Stephen III|Stephen III]] succeeds [[Pope Paul I|Paul I]] as the 94th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. The antipope [[Antipope Constantine II|Constantine II]] is overthrown at [[Rome]], through intervention by kingKing [[Desiderius]] of the [[Lombards]], after a brief reign (see [[AD 767|767]]).

* [[Lebuinus]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]], founds the city of [[Deventer]] (modern-day [[Netherlands]]), and builds a wooden [[Church (building)|church]] on the bank of the [[IjsselIJssel|River IjsselIJssel]] (approximate date).

* Archbishop [[Elfodd|Elfodd of Gwynedd]] persuades the [[Celtic Christianity|Welsh Church]] to accept the Roman dating of [[Easter]], as agreed by the [[Catholic Church|British Church]] at the [[Synod of Whitby]] (see [[664]]).

* [[XueKonstanti TaoKakhi]], femaleGeorgian Chinese poet[[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[831853]])