(Feature Photo: A miniature illustration from the 14th century showing Byzantine Emperor Constantine V giving orders to destroy a church during the iconoclasm [destruction of icons, images] period of the Byzantine Empire; Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
750
RULERS & ROYALTY: Aethelbald is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Zachary is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
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Born in the Purple
"The adjective 'born in the purple' (Greek, porphyrogennetos) derives from the porphyra, a special room lined with porphyry, purple stone, or hung with purple silk, which was constructed within the Great Palace [in the Byzantine Empire] before 750. In that year Irene, the Khazar princess who became Constantine V's first wife, gave birth to a male child, named Leo after his grandfather. He was later identified both as 'the Khazar' and porphyrogennetos; he was the first child born in the Purple Chamber."
(Byzantium, Pg. 185)
751
RULERS & ROYALTY: Aethelbald is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Zachary is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Construction on the Bulguska temple in Korea begins (finished in 774 by the Silla court) (Wikipedia)
752
RULERS & ROYALTY: Aethelbald is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Zachary is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
March 15, Pope Zachary dies and is succeeded by Stephen II
753
RULERS & ROYALTY: Aethelbald is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Stephen II is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
754
RULERS & ROYALTY: Aethelbald is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Stephen II is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
755
RULERS & ROYALTY: Aethelbald is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Stephen II is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
756
RULERS & ROYALTY: Aethelbald is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Stephen II is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
The Muslim Sassanian Persian Empire now stretches from present day Afghanistan in the east to North Africa (Egypt, Morocco) in the south and Spain in the west
An emissary of Pepin, king of the Franks, lays his donation of central Italy and the keys of the Lombard cities he has conquered, at St. Peter's tomb, then called the Confession, giving them over to Pope Stephen II and the Catholic Church (The Secret Archives of the Vatican, Pg. 78)
757
RULERS & ROYALTY: Aethelbald is king of Mercia (midlands England) dies, and is succeeded by Offa – Pope Stephen II dies and is succeeded by Paul I – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Aethelbald, king of Mercia, dies, and is succeeded by Beornred, but he is killed by Offa, who then succeeds him as king
April 26, Pope Stephen II dies, and is succeeded by Paul I
The first mention of a monastery at Bath, England is recorded (land was granted to the brothers of the monastery of St. Peter in Bath)
Constantine V, the Byzantine Emperor, sends an organ as a gifts to the Franks during an embassy this year; Most likely the organ is operated by waterpower, like the fountains and mechanical golden decorations of the Byzantine court (Byzantium, Pg. 17)
758
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Paul I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
760
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Paul I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
761
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Paul I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
762
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Paul I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
763
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Paul I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
764
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Paul I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
765
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Paul I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
766
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Paul I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Constantine V, the Byzantine Emperor, organizes the forced immigration of thousands of workers to repair the major aqueduct that had been cut during a siege over a hundred years ago in 626; These workers are recruited from Pontos, Asia, Greece, and the Aegean islands and will most likely stay in the city after the work is finished (Byzantium, Pg. 17)
767
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Pope Paul I dies, and is succeeded by Stephen III – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
June 28, Pope Paul I dies, and is succeeded by Stephen III
768
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Stephen III is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – Pepin, king of the Franks, dies, and Charlemagne succeeds him
Charlemagne becomes king of the Franks (the Franks are a Germanic tribe that originally invaded the western Roman Empire in the 400s, they dominate modern day France, Belgium and western Germany) (Encyclopedia Britannica); Pepin, Charlemagne's dad, had offered much of his territory in central and northern Italy that he had conquered to the pope back in 756 (The Secret Archives of the Vatican, pg. 78; Note: this book says Charlemagne's reign began in 784)
769
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Stephen III is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
770
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Stephen III is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
771
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Stephen III is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
772
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Pope Stephen III dies and is succeeded by Adrian I – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
February 1, Pope Stephen III dies and is succeeded by Adrian I
773
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
774
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
The Bulguska Temple in Korea is completed (started in 751) by the Silla court
775
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine V, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, dies, and is succeeded by his son, Leo IV "The Khazar"
September 14, Constantine V, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, dies, and is succeeded by his son, Leo IV "The Khazar"
776
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Leo IV "The Khazar" is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
777
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Leo IV "The Khazar" is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
778
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Leo IV "The Khazar" is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
779
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Leo IV "The Khazar" is emperor of the Byzantine Empire