771 CE
Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat dedicates a 65-ton stele, the largest stone known to be quarried by the Maya civilization, at his city of Quiriguá. King Carloman I, youngest son of Pepin III ("the Short"), dies (of a severe nosebleed, according to one source) at the Villa of Samoussy, leaving his brother Charlemagne sole ruler of the now reunified Frankish Kingdom. Gerberga, the widow of Carloman, flees with her two sons to the court of King Desiderius of the Lombards, at Pavia. King Offa of Mercia defeats the Haestingas, and joins their little region to his sub-kingdom of Sussex.
Conflict & Security
- Charlemagne repudiates his Lombard wife Desiderata, daughter of Desiderius, after one year of marriage. He marries the 13-year-old Swabian girl Hildegard, who will bear him nine children. Desiderius, furious at Charlemagne, plans a punitive campaign against the Franks and Rome.source
- King Offa of Mercia defeats the Haestingas, and joins their little region to his sub-kingdom of Sussex.source
Religion & Belief
- January 24 – Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat dedicates a 65-ton stele, the largest stone known to be quarried by the Maya civilization, at his city of Quiriguá.source
Births
Deaths
- December 4 – Carloman I, king of the Franks (b. 751)source
- December 4 – King Carloman I, youngest son of Pepin III ("the Short"), dies (of a severe nosebleed, according to one source) at the Villa of Samoussy, leaving his brother Charlemagne sole ruler of the now reunified Frankish Kingdom. Gerberga, the widow of Carloman, flees with her two sons to the court of King Desiderius of the Lombards, at Pavia.source
- Fujiwara no Nagate, Japanese nobleman (b. 714)source
- Coirpre mac Fogartaig, king of Brega (Ireland)source
- Approximate date – Amir Kror Suri, also known as Jahan Pahlawan, legendary character in Pashtun historysource