♂ Pepin of Herstal

635 - 714

 

Duke of the Franks, Mayor of the Palace

Pepin of Herstal
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Parents
Ansegisel
Ansegisel
0602 - 0679
Saint Begga
Saint Begga
0615 - 0693
Children
Charles Martel
Charles Martel
0688 - 0741

635

635 Gaza is conquered by the Muslim Arabs under 'Amr ibn al-'As. It becomes the first city in Palestine developed into a centre of Islamic law.

688


Age: 53y
688 Alahis, duke of Brescia, starts a civil war in Northern Italy. He besieges Cunipert on an island in Lake Como (Lombardy), who breaks out with Piedmontese troops.

714


Dec 16
Age: 80y
714 • Emperor Xuan Zong forbids all commercial vendors and shops in the Chinese capital city of Chang'an to copy and sell Buddhist sutras, so that the emperor can give the clergy of the Buddhist monasteries the sole right to distribute written sutras to the laity.

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