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723 CE

Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary, fells Thor's Oak (a sacred tree) near Fritzlar in Hesse, marking the decisive event in the Christianization of the northern Germanic tribes (approximate date). Gunakamadeva, Lichhavi ruler (rajah), founds the city of Kathmandu (modern Nepal). During his reign, he transforms the agrarian society to an industrial city trading between India and Tibet. Boniface makes Büraburg, a fortified Frankish settlement, his temporary religious base.

Exploration & Expansion

  • Gunakamadeva, Lichhavi ruler (rajah), founds the city of Kathmandu (modern Nepal). During his reign, he transforms the agrarian society to an industrial city trading between India and Tibet.source

Religion & Belief

  • Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary, fells Thor's Oak (a sacred tree) near Fritzlar in Hesse, marking the decisive event in the Christianization of the northern Germanic tribes (approximate date).source
  • Boniface makes Büraburg, a fortified Frankish settlement, his temporary religious base.source

Births

  • Arbeo, bishop of Freising (approximate date)source
  • Isonokami no Yakatsugu, Japanese nobleman (d. 781)source

Deaths

  • October 3 – Elias I of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.source
  • Ō no Yasumaro, Japanese noblemansource
  • Fachtna mac Folachtan, Irish abbotsource