Jun 5 Boniface [Winfrid], English saint, Archbishop of Mainz, murdered by robbers at 79 Jun 5 Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered Aug 17 Karloman, abbot of Monte Cassino, dies at 39 753 AD Famous Deaths by Year 756 AD Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide