History
757
General
Population: 224 Million*
- Religion: Death of Pope Stephen III – brother Pope Paul I rules
- Deaths: Aistulf King of Lombards, Pope Stephen III
Europe
- England: King of Mercia murdered in Staffordshire – killed by household at night
Offa King of Mercia begins to rule - builds Offa's Dyke to keep out the Welsh
- Italian States: Death of Aistulf king of Lombards - Desiderius becomes last king of the Lombards