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- For the computer standard IEEE 754, see IEEE floating-point standard.
- For broader historical context, see 8th century.
| Years: 750 751 752 753 - 754 - 755 756 757 758 | |
| Decades: 720s 730s 740s - 750s - 760s 770s 780s | |
| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century | |
Events
- Pope Stephen III crowns Pepin the short King of the Franks at St.-Denis outside Paris; also dedicates the foundations of the new abbey church.
- Pepin the Short sends his armies into Italy to aid the pope against the Lombards.
- Fire in Canterbury.
- Oldest document mentioning the city of Ferrara is from this year (approximate date).
Deaths
- June 5 - Saint Boniface (or 755)
- Al-Saffah, first Abbasid caliph (b. 721)
- Carloman, Mayor of the Palace of the Franks (b. 716)
- Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal, king of Gwynedd in Walesaf:754
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