History
754
General
Population: 224 Million*
- Pope Stephen III journeys to Pepin to ask for protection from Lombards – Pepin helps create Papal States
- Deaths: Murder of Boniface "apostle to the Germans"
Europe
- German States: Pepin asked by pope to war with Lombards
Middle East
- General: Death of Abbasid caliphate Abu-al-Abbas – Al Mansur becomes Caliph
- Byzantine Empire: Constantine V begins dissolution of monasteries in Byzantine empire