PastlasHistorical atlas

Century · 701 – 800

The world in the 8th century

From 701 to 800 the atlas holds 233 states standing at some time, 64 of them founded in it - Denmark and Vikings the best known - and 39 ending in it. 72 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Reconquista, Battle of Tours and Battle of Talas the best known of the events; 243 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 701 to 800, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 8th century

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

701: 3 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other701711: 14 began — 11 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other711721: 6 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other721731: 13 began — 9 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other731741: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other741751: 7 began — 3 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other751761: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other761771: 5 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other771781: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other781791: 9 began — 9 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other791

Wars and battles 56

and 48 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 3

States founded and fallen

Founded 64

and 50 more in the atlas.

Ended 39

and 25 more in the atlas.

Born in the 8th century

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

and 219 more in the atlas.

States of the 8th century

Every state that stood at some time in the 8th century, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 98 statesEurope98Middle East and North Africa: 35 statesMiddle East and North Africa35South Asia: 36 statesSouth Asia36East and Southeast Asia: 32 statesEast and Southeast Asia32Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 21 statesLocation unknown21

Europe98 states

and 86 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa35 states

and 23 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia36 states

and 24 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia32 states

and 20 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania11 states

Location unknown21 states

and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.

Its decades and years

The decades and years with a page of their own.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 700 – 800: every state, war and life of the 8th century, region by region.
  • On the map in 750: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.