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Apr 2, 742
Charlemagne was born
Charlemagne was born to his father Pepin the Short, and his mother Bertrada, he was born in what is now today Belgium. -
Jan 1, 751
Charlemagne's father takes throne
Charlemagne's father, Pepin, is declared king of the Franks, starting the Carolingian dynasty. -
Apr 1, 751
Pepin takes the Merovingian throne
Peping invades, and dethrones the last Merovingian king, and takes the throne for himself. -
Jan 1, 770
Charlemagne Marries
Charlemagne marries Desiderata, who is daughter of the Lombard King. The Lombards were a slight threat to the Frankish empire.The marriage worried the Pope and Charlemagne's brother. The marrige dissovled in the next year. -
Dec 4, 771
Carloman Dies
When Carloman suddenly dies of unexplaned circumstances, it left Charlemagne as the true ruler of the Franks. Most people belive that this was beter off for the fate of the kingdom. -
Jan 1, 772
Raid on the Saxon's
Charlemagne makes his first raid on the Saxons, which lasted for almost thirty years this was the beginning of a fight to convert pagan tribes to christianity. -
Jan 1, 774
Charlemagne attacks the Lombards
Charlemagne invades Lombard, quickly defating them. He then got the position of King of the Lombards. -
Apr 1, 776
Palace Construction
Construction on a palace in Aachen begins. -
Charlemagne travels to Rome
Charlemagne travels to Rome, where he meets Alcuin, who joins Charlemagne's court. Here he also makes his son Peppin king of Italy -
Charlemagne's new wife dies
Charlemagne's newly weaded wife, Hildegarde dies in childbirth. -
Charelmagne's mother dies
Three months after Hildegarde's death, Charlemagne's mother, Bertrada dies to unknow reasons. -
Charlemagne overthrow's Barvaria
Charlemagne invaded Bavaria, and within a short time span, had them conquerd. -
Pope Leo III is attacked
Pope Leo III gets attacked in the streets of the Roman Empire. He fleed to Charlemagne for help, and healing. -
Saxon is finnaly deafeted
After a little over thirty years the war with Saxon is finnaly over, giving Charlemagne an even larger Empire -
Cathedral Construction
Construction on the cathedral in Aachen begins. -
Pepin dies
When Pepin died, his kingdom was given to his sons, Charlemagne and Carloman. Charlemagne and Carloman shared the kingdom, with dual kings. -
Charlemagne is crowned Emperor of Rome
After helping Pope Leo the third, the counci of Rome thought well of him, and offered him the role of the Emperor. He accepted it and was crowned on Christmas Day in 800. -
Charlemagne deligates power
Charlemagne dedligates power to his only living son Luis. -
Charlemagne Dies
Charlemagne dies of natrual causes at what was a very old age for the time. -
Pope Hadrian dies
Pope Hadrian dies and then Leo the Third is named the new Pope. -
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Charlemagne Conquers the empire of Avars
After a five year struggle, Charlemagne finnaly defeats the empire of Avars.
