Events By Place Europe Pepin the Short sends his armies into Italy to aid the pope against the Lombards. Abd-ar-Rahman I lands in Spain, where the next year he'll establish a new Umayyad dynasty. Offa deposes king Bernred of Mercia and takes the kingdom. Cynewulf deposes King Sebright of Wessex and takes the kingdom. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle suddenly changes in style, from short descriptions to true short stories. China An Lushan begins the Anshi Rebellion against the Tang Dynasty state… (More on 755)