Founding of Staraya Ladoga
A trading post on the Baltic–Volga route, the oldest town of Rus'
Tree-ring dating places the oldest buildings of Ladoga on the Volkhov in 753. Scandinavians, Slavs and Finns lived here, and Arab silver and northern furs passed through. According to the Hypatian Chronicle, Ladoga was where Rurik first settled after being invited to rule.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 732 Battle of Tours — 21 years earlier
Middle East
- 750 Abbasid Revolution — 3 years earlier
- 762 Founding of Baghdad — 9 years later
Asia
- 732 The Orkhon inscriptions — 21 years earlier
- 755 The An Lushan Rebellion — 2 years later
- c. 760 Kailasa Temple at Ellora — 7 years later
Alive at the time
- Charlemagne (aged 5)
- Li Bai (aged 52)
- Emperor Kanmu (aged 16)