In 2003 he received the Charlemagne Award of the German city of Aachen.

In 1994, Brundtland was awarded the Charlemagne Prize of the city of Aachen.

In 774, Charlemagne captured the city and ended the existence of the Lombard kingdom in northern Italy.

After the conquest of the Lombard Kingdom by Charlemagne, it became the seat of a county under one Auteramus (d. 816).

After the conquest of the Lombard kingdom by Charlemagne in 774, remained under Lombard control.

In recognition of his successes and his political support for the Papacy, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans, or Roman Emperor in the West, by Pope Leo III in 800.

The Charlemagne Prize ( full name originally Internationaler Karlspreis der Stadt Aachen, International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen , since 1988 Internationaler Karlspreis zu Aachen, International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen ) is one of the most prestigious European prizes.

The authority of the Byzantine emperor as the legitimate Roman emperor was challenged by the coronation of Charlemagne as Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III in the year 800.

Millennialist movements were very common in Europe at that time between 760 and 780 a series of cosmic phenomena caused panic among the population of Gaul John, a visionary monk, predicted the coming of the Last Judgement during the reign of Charlemagne.