Decades: 700s 710s 720s 730s 740s - 750s - 760s 770s 780s 790s 800s

Years: 752 753 754 755 756 - 757 - 758 759 760 761 762

• March 9 - A major earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria
• Offa becomes king of Mercia.
• Paul I succeeds Stephen III as pope.
• Fruela I becomes king of Asturias
• Battle of Suiyang
• Tassilo III, duke of the Bavarians, recognizes the supremacy of Frankish king Pippin the Short.

Deaths

• April 26 - Pope Stephen III
• Alphonso I, king of Asturias
• Ethelbald, king of Mercia, slain by bodyguard