People / group
Lombards
Germanic people who in 568, led by Alboin, moved from Pannonia into Italy and founded the Kingdom of the Lombards with its capital at Pavia; Charlemagne conquered the kingdom in 774, while the Lombard duchies of the south survived longer.
- Events
- 4 events
- Regions
- Western and Central Europe
- In the threads
- Early medieval Europe (500–1000)
Events
- The Avars settle in the Carpathian Basinbetween 567 and 568 · Western and Central Europe
- Lombard invasion of Italy2 April 568 – 572 · Western and Central Europe
- Donation of PepinApril 754 – 756 · Western and Central Europe
- Siege of Pavia and fall of the Lombard kingdomSeptember 773 – June 774 · Western and Central Europe
Often together with
AlboinFrancia (Frankish realm)AistulfAvarsBayan IByzantine EmpireCharlemagneDesideriusPapal StatesPepin the ShortPope Stephen II