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