The 8th century: key events

Chronyas has 840 events dated to the 8th century (701 to 800 CE), during the Medieval world. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.

Most of the events in this century belong to Civilizations & archaeology and Wars, politics & history.

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701 CETaihō Code
19 May 701 CEBirth of Li Bai
from 30 October 701 CE to 11 January 705 CEJohn VI becomes Pope
from 703 CE to 1705Ifriqiya
from 5 March 705 CE to 18 October 707 CEJohn VII becomes Pope
706 CEConstruction of Umayyad Mosque
from 19 January 708 CE to 4 February 708 CESisinnius becomes Pope
710 CEConstruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque
from 710 CE to 794 CENara period
c. 710 CEEruption of Witori
from 711 CE to 1492Al-Andalus
from 711 CE to 726 CEUmayyad conquest of Hispania
19 July 711 CEBattle of Guadalete
712 CEBirth of Du Fu
712 CEConstruction of Qasr Amra
from 712 CE to 1539Founding of Glastonbury Abbey
from 23 May 715 CE to 11 February 731 CEGregory II becomes Pope
from 15 July 717 CE to 15 August 718 CESiege of Constantinople
from 718 CE to 910 CEKingdom of Asturias
from 719 CE to 1798Construction of Abbey of Saint Gall
721 CEBirth of Jabir ibn Hayyan
from 722 CE to 1492Reconquista
c. 723 CEOrigins of Kathmandu
729 CEOrigins of Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi
from 15 February 731 CE to 28 November 741 CEGregory III becomes Pope
10 October 732 CEBattle of Tours
c. 742 CEOrigins of Erfurt
c. 742 CEBirth of Charlemagne
from 744 CE to 747 CEThird Fitna
from 744 CE to 840 CEUyghur Khaganate
30 June 744 CETsunami in Sw. Kyushu Island
from 9 June 746 CE to 1 July 750 CEAbbasid Revolution
750 CEPublication of Kalila and Demna
from 750 CE to 1258Abbasid Caliphate
from 750 CE to 1517Abbasids
from 750 CE to 1174Pala Empire
c. 751 CEOrigins of Shanghai
from May 751 CE to September 751 CEBattle of Talas
from November 751 CE to September 768 CEPepin the Short becomes King of Franks
752 CEConstruction of Tōdai-ji Temple
from 753 CE to 982 CERashtrakuta dynasty
from 754 CE to 1870Papal States
754 CECouncil of Hieria
from 16 December 755 CE to 17 February 763 CEAn Lushan Rebellion
from 756 CE to 929 CEEmirate of Córdoba
756 CEDonation of Pepin
from 757 CE to 1393Origins of Sijilmasa
from 2 June 757 CE to 28 June 767 CEPaul I becomes Pope
c. 762 CEOrigins of Baghdad
c. 762 CEBirth of Abu Nuwas
30 November 762 CEDeath of Li Bai
from 764 CE to 1621Construction of Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
from 11 August 768 CE to 1 February 772 CEStephen III becomes Pope
from 9 October 768 CE to 28 January 814 CECharlemagne becomes King of Franks
770 CEDeath of Du Fu
from 772 CE to 804 CESaxon Wars
from 5 February 772 CE to 25 December 795 CEAdrian I becomes Pope
from 774 CE to 1806Kingdom of Italy
777 CEOrigins of Por-Bazhyn
778 CEConstruction of Kiyomizu-dera
780 CEBirth of Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
c. 780 CEEruption of Chichon, El
from 27 December 784 CE to 22 November 794 CEOrigins of Nagaoka-kyō
786 CEConstruction of Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba
787 CESecond Council of Nicaea
from 788 CE to 974 CEIdrisid dynasty
from 793 CE to 1066Viking Age
8 June 793 CEVikings raid Lindisfarne
from 794 CE to 1185Heian period
18 November 794 CEFounding of Kyoto
from 31 December 795 CE to 12 June 816 CELeo III becomes Pope
from 800 CE to 1600Mississippian culture
800 CEOrigins of Vikramaśīla University
from 800 CE to 1532Origins of Túcume
800 CEBook of Kells
from 800 CE to 909 CEAghlabids
from 800 CE to 887 CECarolingian Empire
from 800 CE to 1540Muisca Confederations
from 800 CE to 1258Islamic Golden Age
from 25 December 800 CE to 28 January 814 CECharlemagne becomes Holy Roman Emperor

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