Halfdan Olafsson
Parents
Spouse
Asa Eysteinsdatter
Asa Eysteinsdatter
0708 - 0739
Children
Hildi Eiriksdatter
Hildi Eiriksdatter
0736 - 0760

704

704 • King Æthelred I abdicates the throne after a 30-year reign and becomes an abbot at Bardney (Lincolnshire). He is succeeded by his nephew Cenred (Coenred), a son of the late king Wulfhere, who becomes ruler of Mercia.

750


Age: 46y
750 • The Western Paradise of Amitabha Buddha, detail of a wall painting in Cave 217, Dunhuang, Gansu, is made. Tang dynasty (approximate date).

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