The 8th Century A.D. - History Summary
  Summary of Events:  
 
Year Event
710 Nara becomes capital of Japan
711 Muslim invasion of Spain
c. 730 Printing begins in China
732 Arab expansion in Europe stopped by Battle of Poitiers
735 Death of St. Bede
749 Beginning of Abbasid caliphate
762 Death of Li Bo, Chinese Poet
762 Foundation of Baghdad
771 Accession of Charlemagne as King of the Franks
774 Charlemagne conquers north Italy
787 Beginning of Viking raids in Britain
 
  Source:
D. Crystal, The Cambridge Factfinder (Cambridge University Press, 1998)