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)