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Years: 750 751 752 753 - 754 - 755 756 757 758

Decades: 720s 730s 740s - 750s - 760s 770s 780s

Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Events

• Pope Stephen III crowns Pepin the short King of the Franks at St.-Denis outside Paris; also dedicates the foundations of the new abbey church.
• Pepin the Short sends his armies into Italy to aid the pope against the Lombards.
• Fire in Canterbury.
• Oldest document mentioning the city of Ferrara is from this year (approximate date).

Births

Deaths

• Al-Saffah, first Abbasid caliph
• Saint Boniface was killed in Frisia (or 755)
• Carloman, Mayor of the Palace of the Franks
• Cuthred, king of Wessex

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Other meanings:

• IEEE floating-point standard