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K'inich K'uk' Bahlum becomes king of the Maya city of Palenque - its last known ruler before the city's collapse

K'inich K'uk' Bahlum becomes king of the Maya city of Palenque - its last known ruler before the city's collapse

K'inich K'uk' Bahlum becomes king of the Maya city of Palenque - its last known ruler before the city's collapse

Events Before

  1. Diplomatic dispute at Tang Chinese capital Chang'an when Abbasid Arabs and Uyghur Turks both arrive to offer tribute. Se

    Diplomatic dispute at Tang Chinese capital Chang'an when Abbasid Arabs and Uyghur Turks both arrive to offer tribute. Settlement reached when both enter at same time through two different gates.

  2. 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

    14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

  3. Khan of the Uyghurs, Bögü Qaghan, conquers Luoyang, the capital of the Chinese Empire

    Khan of the Uyghurs, Bögü Qaghan, conquers Luoyang, the capital of the Chinese Empire

  4. BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history

    The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties.

  5. Yax Pac [First Dawn] 16th and last ruler of the Maya K'inich Yax K'uk Mo' dynasty, ascends to the throne of Copán after

    Yax Pac [First Dawn] 16th and last ruler of the Maya K'inich Yax K'uk Mo' dynasty, ascends to the throne of Copán after the death of his father Smoke Shell - rules till 820

Events After

  1. Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China

    Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China

  2. St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

    Pope Paul I (Latin: Paulus I; 700 – 28 June 767) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the emerging Papal States from 29 May 757 to his death on 28 June 767.

  3. Duke Toto of Nepi stages a coup d'état in Rome and names his brother Constantine, Pope Constantine II. Today considered

    Duke Toto of Nepi stages a coup d'état in Rome and names his brother Constantine, Pope Constantine II. Today considered an antipope.

  4. Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are both crowned King of the Franks

    Charlemagne ( SHAR-lə-mayn; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800.

  5. Antipope Philip begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope

    Antipope Philip begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope

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