750 - 779 A.D. - Iconoclasm or Bust

par Deborah Marino août 23, 2022

(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)