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Events

• Death of Pepin the Short (714 - 768), king of the Franks since 751. He was succeeded by his sons Carloman (eastern Franks) and Charles aka Charlemagne (western Franks).
• The date, according to the Annales Cambriae, when Wales began to celebrate Easter on the Roman date, at the teaching of Elbodugus.
• August 7 - Pope Stephen III succeeds Pope Paul I as the 94th pope.
• Deventer is founded (approximate date).
• Aurelio succeeds Fruela I as king of Asturias.

Pepin III (714 - September 24, 768) more often known as Pepin the Short (French, Pépin le Bref; German, Pippin der Kleine), was a King of the Franks (751 - 768). ... // Events February 28 - An earthquake strikes Syria. ... For other uses, see Franks (disambiguation). ... Events 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. ... Carloman (751 - December 4, 771) was a King of the Franks (768 - 771). ... A portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer that was painted several centuries after Charlemagnes death. ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the Christian festival. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Stephen III (d. ... Paul I was Pope from May 29, 757- June 28, 767. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... Deventer is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel on the east bank of the IJssel river. ... Aurelio of Asturias was King of Asturias from 768 to 774. ... Fruela I (d. ... The Kingdom of Asturias was the earliest Christian political entity to be established in the Iberian peninsula after the collapse of the Visigothic Kingdom after the defeat of King Rodrigo at the Battle of Guadalete and the subsequent Islamic conquest of Iberia. ...

Births

Deaths

• Pepin the Short, King of the Franks, father of Charlemagne (b. 714)
• Fruela I of Asturias

Pepin III (714 - September 24, 768) more often known as Pepin the Short (French, Pépin le Bref; German, Pippin der Kleine), was a King of the Franks (751 - 768). ... For other uses, see Franks (disambiguation). ... A portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer that was painted several centuries after Charlemagnes death. ... // Events February 28 - An earthquake strikes Syria. ... Fruela I (d. ...

Significance

• The number of the unicycle

Quote: Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the unicyclist, for it is a human number, it is the number sevenhundred and sixty eight. -GILD