Events

• June 18 - Constantine V succeeds Leo III as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• Pope Zacharias succeeds Pope Gregory III.
• Carloman, Pippin the Short and Grifo succeed their father Charles Martel as Mayor of the Palace.
• York Minster church is burned.

Deaths

• October 22 - Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of the Franks
• November 29 - Pope Gregory III

In other fields

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