A Sampler of Events That Made History Between 700 AD and 799 AD
768 - [Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope 707 - John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope 757 - Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I 760 - 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 793 - Vikings plunder St. Cuthbert convent Lindisfarne 767 - St. Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 795 - Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I 705 - John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope 756 - Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain 752 - Stephen II elected Catholic Pope (or 23rd)
