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==== Europe ====
* King [[Charlemagne]] has his son [[Pepin of Italy|Carloman]] (renamed Pepin) anointed "King of Italy", and he is crowned by [[Pope Adrian I]] with the [[Iron Crown of Lombardy]]. His younger brother [[Charles the Younger|Charles I]] is anointed king of [[Aquitaine]], and [[Louis the Pious]] (only 3-years old) is appointed sub-king of [[Italy]] and Aquitaine, following the conversion of Aquitaine from a Duchy to a sub-kingdom.<ref name="Becher2003">{{cite book|author=Matthias Becher|title=Charlemagne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbbMcYpuQswC&pg=PA127|year=2003|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-10758-6|pages=127–}}</ref>
* Charlemagne meets [[Alcuin]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]], in Italy, and invites him to [[Aachen]], where he becomes Charlemagne's chief adviser on [[Religion|religious]] and [[education]]al matters (approximate date).
* The Frankish currency called the ''[[French livre|livre carolingienne]]'' is minted for the first time (approximate date).