754

Events

• Pope Stephen III crowns Pepin the short King of the Franks at St.-Denis outside Paris; also dedicates the foundations of the new abbey church.
• Pepin the Short sends his armies into Italy to aid the pope against the Lombards.
• Fire in Canterbury.
• Oldest document mentioning the city of Ferrara is from this year (approximate date).

Deaths

• Al-Saffah, first Abbasid caliph
• Saint Boniface was killed in Frisia (or 755)
• Carloman, Mayor of the Palace of the Franks

See also

• IEEE floating-point standard

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