8th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 745 | Karantania loses its independence and becomes a margraviate and tantamount part of the semifeudal Frankish empire later under the rule of king Charlemagne (742–814, reigned 771–814) due to pressing danger of Avar tribes from the east. | |
| 796 | The Slavic duke of Carniola, Vojnomir, aids the Carolingian duke Eric of Friuli against the Avars. | |
| The Synod ad ripas Danuvii convoked by Charlemagne's son Pepin and presided over by Paulinus II of Aquileia establishes the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg detaching it from the northernmost territory of the Patriarchate of Aquileia. The synod focuses on the evangelization of the Slavs. | ||
| 798 | Salzburg is raised to the rank of an archdiocese |
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