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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]

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]

Events Before

  1. 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.

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

    Antipope Philip begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope

  3. Antipope Constantine II deposed

    Antipope Constantine II (Latin: Constantinus; died c. 769) was a Roman prelate who claimed the papacy from 28 June 767 to 6 August 768.

  4. Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman

    Carloman I (28 June 751 – 4 December 771), German Karlmann, Karlomann, was king of the Franks from 768 until his death in 771.

  5. Adrian I begins his reign as pope of the Catholic Church

    The pope is the bishop of Rome and the head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff.

Events After

  1. BC Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse

    BC Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse

  2. 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)

  3. 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.

  4. 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...

  5. 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

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