751
| Years: 747 748 749 750 - 751 - 752 753 754 755 | |
| Decades: 720s 730s 740s - 750s - 760s 770s 780s | |
| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century | |
Events
- Pippin the Short is elected as king of the Franks by the Frankish nobility. End of the Merovingian and beginning of the Carolingian dynasty.
- The Lombard king Aistulf captures Ravenna and the Romagna, ending the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna.
- Arabian armies defeated Tang troops in the Battle of Talas.
- Theodore succeeds Theophylact as Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
- Carloman, king of the Franks
- June 29 - Theophylact, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
- Childeric III, king of the Franks (approximate date)