Editing 750 (section)

=== By place ===

==== Arab Caliphate ====
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Zab]]: [[Abbasid]] forces under [[Abdallah ibn Ali]] defeat the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]]s near the [[Great Zab]] River. Members of the Umayyad house are hunted down and killed. Defeated by his rivals, Caliph [[Marwan II]] flees westward to [[Egypt]], perhaps attempting to reach [[Al-Andalus]] ([[Iberian Peninsula]]), where there are still significant Umayyad armies.<ref>David Nicolle (2009). The Great Islamic Conquests 632–750 AD, p. 79. {{ISBN|978-1-84603-273-8}}.</ref>
[[File:Balami - Tarikhnama - Abu'l-'Abbas al-Saffah is proclaimed the first 'Abbasid Caliph (cropped).jpg|250px|thumb|[[As-Saffah|Al-Saffah]] became caliph (ruler) of the Islamic Caliphate on 25 January 750. He ruled from 750 to 10 June 754.]]
* [[August 6]] &ndash; Marwan II is caught and killed at [[Faiyum]] by supporters of the [[Abbasid]] caliph [[As-Saffah]]. Almost the entire [[Umayyad Dynasty]] is assassinated; Prince [[Abd al-Rahman I]] escapes to Al-Andalus. The Abbasids assume control of the [[Muslim world|Islamic world]] and establish their first capital at [[Kufa]].

==== Europe ====
* King [[Alfonso I of Asturias]] establishes the [[Kingdom of Galicia]], in roughly the northwest of the [[Iberian Peninsula]]. The exact time this happened is contested. 
* The town [[Slaný]] in the [[Central Bohemian Region]] ([[Czech Republic]]) is founded at the site of a salt spring, according to one chronicle written in the sixteenth century (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Eadberht of Northumbria]] imprisons [[Cynewulf of Lindisfarne|Cynewulf]], bishop of [[Lindisfarne]], at [[Bamburgh Castle]]. King Eadberht does this in order to punish the bishop for sheltering one of his enemies, Prince Offa. He then besieges Prince Offa, son of the late King [[Aldfrith of Northumbria|Aldfrith]], in [[Lindisfarne#History|Lindisfarne Priory]]. Almost dead from hunger, he is dragged from his [[sanctuary]] and put to death.<ref>Higham, pp. 148&ndash;149; Kirby, p. 150; York, ''Kings'', p. 89.</ref>
* [[Strathblane|Battle of Mugdock]]: The [[Strathclyde]] Britons under King [[Teudebur of Alt Clut|Teudebur]] defeat Prince [[Talorgan II|Talorgan]] of the [[Picts]]. This leads to the decline of the power of King [[Óengus I]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Medieval Scotland|year=1998|last=Stringer|first=Keith|editor=Alexander, Grant|isbn=978-0-7486-1110-2 |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|page=10}}</ref>

==== Africa ====
* The [[Ghana Empire]] begins (approximate date).

==== India ====
* [[Gopala I]] is proclaimed as the first ruler and founder of the [[Pala Empire]].

==== America ====
* [[Ancestral Puebloans|Native Americans]], in the area now known as the [[Four Corners]], [[Pueblo I Era|begin constructing and occupying pueblos]].
* The city of [[Teotihuacan]] (modern [[Mexico]]) is destroyed and left in ruins, its [[palace]]s burned to the ground.

==== Indonesia ====
*[[Borobudur]], or Barabudur (a Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, as well as the world's largest Buddhist temple, and also one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world) is built (approximate date).