Events

• March 9 - A major earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria
• May 29 - Paul I succeeds Stephen III as pope.
• Offa becomes king of Mercia.
• Fruela I becomes king of Asturias
• Battle of Suiyang
• Tassilo III , duke of the Bavarians, recognizes the supremacy of Frankish king Pippin the Short.

Births

Deaths

• April 26 - Pope Stephen III
• Alphonso I, king of Asturias (b. 739)
• Ethelbald, king of Mercia