764
This article is about the year 764. For the number, see 764 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 730s 740s 750s – 760s – 770s 780s 790s |
| Years: | 761 762 763 – 764 – 765 766 767 |
| 764 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 764 DCCLXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1517 |
| Armenian calendar | 213 ԹՎ ՄԺԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5514 |
| Bengali calendar | 171 |
| Berber calendar | 1714 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1308 |
| Burmese calendar | 126 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6272–6273 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3460 or 3400 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 3461 or 3401 |
| Coptic calendar | 480–481 |
| Discordian calendar | 1930 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 756–757 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4524–4525 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 820–821 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 686–687 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3865–3866 |
| Holocene calendar | 10764 |
| Iranian calendar | 142–143 |
| Islamic calendar | 146–147 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō-hōji 8 (天平宝字８年) |
| Julian calendar | 764 DCCLXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3097 |
| Minguo calendar | 1148 before ROC 民前1148年 |
| Seleucid era | 1075/1076 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1306–1307 |
Coat of arms of doge Maurizio Galbaio
Year 764 (DCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 764 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Europe
- Domenico Monegario is deposed after Pope Paul I has demanded donations from Venice. Monegario is blinded and exiled, and succeeded by Maurizio Galbaio as the 7th doge of Venice. During his reign, Venetian wealth is increased via trade.
Britain
- King Offa of Mercia conquers Kent, and brings an end to the rule of kings Ealhmund and Sigered in West Kent. He imposes Mercian overlordship on the kingdom, but allows a local king, Heaberht, to rule there.
Asia
- October 14–21 – Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion: A short-lived revolt led by Fujiwara no Nakamaro is suppressed. Emperor Junnin is deposed after a 6-year reign and forced into exile. Former empress Kōken reassumes the imperial throne of Japan and takes the name Shōtoku. She appoints her close associate, the priest Dōkyō, prime minister (taishi), running together the government. Nakamaro is captured and killed with his wife and children.[1]
By topic
Geography
- According to the historian Theophanes the Confessor, the Black Sea melts and ice bergs float past Constantinople (approximate date).
Religion
- Cancor, a Frankish count (possibly of Hesbaye), founds Lorsch Abbey (modern-day Germany).
Births
Deaths
- Abdallah ibn Ali, Muslim general
- Bregowine, archbishop of Canterbury
- Fujiwara no Nakamaro, Japanese statesman (b. 706)
- Joseph of Freising, Bavarian bishop
- Stephen the Younger, Byzantine theologian (or 765)
References
- ↑ Sansom, p. 90; excerpt, "... Nakamaro, better known by his later title as the prime minister Oshikatsu, was in high favour with the emperor Junnin but not with the ex-empress Kōken. In a civil disturbance that took place in 764–765, Oshikatsu was captured and killed, while the young emperor was deposed and exiled in 765 and presumably strangled. Kōken reascended the throne as the empress Shōtoku, and her priest Dōkyō was all powerful until she died withous issue in 770."
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