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| 726 |
| | | The Venetians for the first time elect their own doge, acting independently of the Byzantine governor in Ravenna | |
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| c. 730 |
| | | Three of China's most famous poets - Wang Wei, Li Po and Tu Fu - are contemporaries during the T'ang dynasty | |
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| 731 |
| | | The Venerable Bede, in his monastery at Jarrow, completes his history of the English church and people | |
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| 732 |
| | | The Muslim advance into France is halted when Charles Martel defeats the Arabs between Poitiers and Tours | |
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| 735 |
| | | Japanese tradition gives this as the year in which the game of I-go, known in the west as go, is introduced from China | |
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| 741 |
| | | Charles Martel dies and leaves the Frankish kingdoms to his two sons, Carloman and Pepin III | |
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| 743 |
| | | Boniface, working as a missionary among pagan Germans, makes his headquarters at Mainz | |
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| 747 |
| | | The elder son of Charles Martel retires to a monastery, leaving Pepin III in control of the entire Frankish empire | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | With papal support Pepin III is elected king of the Franks, beginning the Carolingian dynasty (named from his father, Charles Martel) | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | Karaism, relying on scripture rather than rabbinical commentary, develops among the Jewish community in Babylon | |
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