Category: 8th Century

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The Eighth Century CE, i.e. 701 to 800

During this century, the Middle East, the coast of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula rapidly come under Islamic Arab domination. The westward expansion of the Arab Empire was famously halted at the Siege of Constantinople by the Byzantine Empire and the Battle of Tours by the Franks. The tide of Arab conquest came to an end in the middle of the 8th century.[1] Late in the century the Vikings, seafaring peoples from Scandinavia, begin raiding the coasts of Europe and the Mediterranean, and go on to found several important kingdoms. (1)

Significant people

Abdul Malik bin Marwan, Caliph of Islamic Empire

Adrian I or Hadrian I, Pope from 772 to 795

Alcuin, English monk, deacon, scholar, and teacher; Charlemagne's advisor in educational affairs

Al-Walid ibn Abd Al-Malik, Caliph of Islamic Empire

Bede the Venerable, English monk and scholar

Charles Martel, Frankish leader until 741 (Battle of Tours, 732)

Charlemagne, King of the Franks from 771 to 814

Desiderius, last King of the Lombards from 756-774

Harun al-Rashid, fifth Abbasid Caliph

Irene of Athens, Byzantine Empress from 797 to 802

John of Damascus, Syrian Christian monk, scholar

Leo III, pope from 795 to 816

Liutprand, King of the Lombards from 712 to 744

Muhammad bin Qasim, Arab general who conquered Sindh and Punjab

Paolo Lucio Anafesto, first doge of Venice from 697 to 717

Paul the Deacon, Lombard scholar, historian, poet

Paulinus II of Aquileia, Carolingian scholar, poet, patriarch of Aquileia from 787 to 802

Pippin the Younger, king of the Franks until 768

Stephen II, Pope from 752 to 757, enlisted Frankish aid against the Lombards

Tervel, Khan of Bulgaria from 700 to 721

Theodulf of Orléans, Carolingian scholar, poet, bishop of Orleans from 798 to 818

Umar bin Abdul Aziz, Caliph of Islamic Empire

Adrian di Roma Rome, Papal States - 25 Dec 795

Gregory di Roma 669 Rome, Papal States - 11 Feb 731

Leo di Roma Rome, Papal States - 816

Paul di Roma - 28 Jun 767

Stephanus di Roma abt 770 Rome, Papal States - 24 Jan 817

Stephanus di Roma Rome, Papal States - 26 Apr 757

John Ephesus Ephesus, Greece, Byzantine Empire - 11 Jan 705

John Rossano 650 Rossano, Calabria - 18 Oct 707

Zacharias Santa-Severina Santa Severina, Calabria, Byzantine Empire - 15 Mar 752

Stéfanos Sicily Sicily, Italy - 01 Feb 772

Constantine Syria 664 Syria - 09 Apr 715

Gregory Syria Syria - 28 Nov 741

Sisinnius Syria 650 - 04 Feb 708

Elinhast (UNKNOWN) Agilolfings

Folchaide (UNKNOWN) von Bayern abt 630

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