754
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Events
By Place
Asia
Europe
- Pope Stephen II crowns Pepin the short King of the Franks at Saint-Denis outside Paris; also dedicates the foundations of the new abbey church.
- Pepin the Short sends his armies into Italy to aid the pope against the Lombards.
- Fire breaks out in Canterbury.
- The oldest document mentioning the city of Ferrara is from this year (approximate date).
By Topic
Religion
- The Iconoclast Council of Hieria meets.
Deaths
- June 5 — Saint Boniface (or 755)
- Al-Saffah, first Abbasid caliph (b. 721)
- Carloman, Mayor of the Palace of the Franks (b. 716)
- Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal, king of Gwynedd in Wales
- Hiltrud, duchess of Bavaria
- Cui Hao, Chinese poet (born 704)
- Sunpadh, the revolting Persian cleric is killed near Hamedan during the battle with Mansur's army.
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