Donation of Pepin
A Frankish king gives the pope lands: the Papal States are born
Pepin the Short, king of the Franks and anointed by the pope, defeated the Lombards in 754 and 756 and handed Ravenna and the lands of central Italy he took from them to Pope Stephen II. This created the Papal States, which lasted until 1870.
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Middle East
- 750 Abbasid Revolution — 6 years earlier
- 762 Founding of Baghdad — 6 years later
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- 755 The An Lushan Rebellion — 1 year earlier
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