751 - Definition and Overview

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.
• The Lombard king Aistulf captures Ravenna and the Romagna, ending the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna.
• Arabian armies defeated Tang troops in the Battle of Talas.
• Theodore succeeds Theophylact as Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
• Silla minister Gim Daeseong orders construction to begin on the Bulguksa and Seokguram temples at Gyeongju.
• The Japanese poetry anthology Kaifuso is assembled.

Births

• Carloman, king of the Franks

Deaths

• June 29 - Theophylact, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
• Childeric III, king of the Franks (approximate date)