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| 747 |
| | | The elder son of Charles Martel retires to a monastery, leaving Pepin III in control of the entire Frankish empire | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | With papal support Pepin III is elected king of the Franks, beginning the Carolingian dynasty (named from his father, Charles Martel) | |
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| 753 |
| | | Pope Stephen II anoints Pepin III and his two sons (one of them Charlemagne) in the abbey church of St Denis | |
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| 768 |
| | | On the death of Pepin III, the empire of the Franks is divided between his two sons - Charlemagne and his younger brother, Carloman | |
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| 771 |
| | | On the death of his brother, Charlemagne inherits the entire kingdom of the Franks | |
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| 796 |
| | | Alcuin leaves the palace school at Aachen to become abbot of the monastery of Tours | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | The script known as Carolingian minuscule (basis of the modern roman typeface) is developed by Alcuin and his scribes at the monastery of Tours | |
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| c. 816 |
| | | Work begins in Rheims on the Utrecht Psalter, an outstanding example of the Carolingian illuminated manuscript | |
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| 843 |
| | | The central Frankish kingdom, Francia Media, becomes one of the great fault lines of European history | |
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| c. 850 |
| | | The three-field system, introduced by the Franks, increases agricultural yield by 33%. | |
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