Quiet field
769
The year was full. This aperture was quiet.
In 769 Charles (later called Charlemagne) and his brother Carloman still divided the Frankish inheritance of 768. Aquitaine rebelled. In the Abbasid east and Tang China, other courts ran other years. No instrument cluster appears.
How we know
The Frankish annals for 769 send Charles into Aquitaine without Carloman. Sole rule is 771. The annals are a court year-list, written later, and they do date the campaign.
- Annales regni Francorum, year 769. Charles campaigns in Aquitaine. His brother Carloman does not join him. Sole rule follows Carloman’s death in 771, not this year. See the record
- Frankish joint rule and Aquitanian revolt
- Abbasid Baghdad after al-Mansur’s founding (762)
- Tang after the An Lushan shock
- Nara Japan
The aperture
Quiet. Charlemagne’s sole rule is 771. Do not slide it.
Regions checked
- Europe
- Middle East (Abbasid)
- East Asia (Tang)
- Africa
- the Americas
Included / excluded
- Excluded: Charlemagne as sole king. Carloman died in 771. Treating 769 as Charlemagne’s year would be a miss.
68 | 69 | 70
Same century. Same research threshold. Matched frames. Neither pane brighter except that the middle year is the selected aperture.
768
Neighbor
Death of Pepin. The division of the kingdom is 768, the neighbor.
769
Aperture
Quiet. Charlemagne’s sole rule is 771. Do not slide it.
770
Neighbor
Still joint Frankish rule.