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Asturian queen Adosinda was put in the monastery of San Juan de Pravia, where she lived out the rest of her life, to pre

Asturian queen Adosinda was put in the monastery of San Juan de Pravia, where she lived out the rest of her life, to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.

Asturian queen Adosinda was put in the monastery of San Juan de Pravia, where she lived out the rest of her life, to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.

Events Before

  1. Willibald, Abbot of Heidenheim, dictates his pilgrimage to the Holy Land fifty years before, to nun Hugburc, who records

    Willibald, Abbot of Heidenheim, dictates his pilgrimage to the Holy Land fifty years before, to nun Hugburc, who records this and biographies of Willibald and his brother - the first known English woman writer [1]

  2. BC Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse

    BC Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse

  3. The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781)

    The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781)

Events After

  1. Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother Al-Hadi

    Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rashīd, or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (763 or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Hārūn al-Rashīd, was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning...

  2. Second Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor in present-day İznik, Turkey

    Second Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor in present-day İznik, Turkey

  3. Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconoclastic cult at Nicaea

    Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconoclastic cult at Nicaea

  4. Maya city of Piedras Negras celebrates military triumph over nearby settlement of Pomona (as depicted in Stela 12 Piedra

    Maya city of Piedras Negras celebrates military triumph over nearby settlement of Pomona (as depicted in Stela 12 Piedras Negras) [1]

  5. Vikings in longships from modern-day Norway plunder St. Cuthbert's monastery on Lindisfarne Island off the northeast coa

    Vikings in longships from modern-day Norway plunder St. Cuthbert's monastery on Lindisfarne Island off the northeast coast of England, capturing and killing monks

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Asturian queen Adosinda was put in the monastery of San Juan de Pravia, where she lived out the rest of her life, to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.

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