What Happened in 774 AD

Major Events

  • Apr 6 Charlemagne confirms his father Pepin the Short's grant of land in 754 to the Pope of territories belonging to Ravenna in central Italy

Born in 774 AD

  • Jul 27 Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk (founded Shingon school of Buddhism), born at Zentsū-ji temple, Shikoku (d. 835)