773
This article is about the year 773. For the number, see 773 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 740s 750s 760s – 770s – 780s 790s 800s |
| Years: | 770 771 772 – 773 – 774 775 776 |
| 773 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 773 DCCLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1526 |
| Armenian calendar | 222 ԹՎ ՄԻԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5523 |
| Bengali calendar | 180 |
| Berber calendar | 1723 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1317 |
| Burmese calendar | 135 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6281–6282 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3469 or 3409 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3470 or 3410 |
| Coptic calendar | 489–490 |
| Discordian calendar | 1939 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 765–766 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4533–4534 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 829–830 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 695–696 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3874–3875 |
| Holocene calendar | 10773 |
| Iranian calendar | 151–152 |
| Islamic calendar | 156–157 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōki 4 (宝亀４年) |
| Julian calendar | 773 DCCLXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3106 |
| Minguo calendar | 1139 before ROC 民前1139年 |
| Seleucid era | 1084/1085 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1315–1316 |
Frankish cavalry (with mail armour)
Year 773 (DCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 773 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
- Summer – King Charlemagne and his uncle Bernard, son of Charles Martel, crosses with a Frankish expeditionary force the Alps at request of pope Adrian I. At the foot of the mountains in the Susa Valley (Northern Italy) the Franks are hindered by Lombard fortifications. After scouting, Charlemagne attacks the defenders from the flank and forces the Lombards to flee to the fortified capital Pavia.
- Siege of Pavia: Charlemagne besieges Pavia which is poorly stocked with food. King Desiderius remains in the capital, he orders his son Adalgis to defend Verona to guard over Gerberga and the children of Carloman I. After a short siege, Adalgis flees to Constantinople where he is received by emperor Constantine V. Meanwhile the Franks capture the cities of Verona and Mortara (Lombardy).
- Saxon Wars: Saxon forces seize upon Charlemagne's preoccupation with Italy to retake Eresburg and Syburg (near Dortmund). They unsuccessfully attack the episcopal centre of Büraburg which has been established by St. Boniface (see 723).[1]
Britain
- King Alhred of Northumbria makes overtures of friendship toward Charlemagne (approximate date).
Arabian Empire
- Introduction of the number 0 to the city of Baghdad which will be developed in the Middle East by Arabian mathematicians who will base their numbers on the Indian system (long after the Maya culture developed the concept – Maya numerals).[2]
Asia
- King Khongtekcha of Manipur (modern India) dies after a 10-year reign; during his rule the Manipuri language script first appears.[3]
By topic
Ecology
- A large and sudden increase in radiocarbon (14C) around AD 773 in coral skeletons from the South China Sea.[4]
Births
- Duan Wenchang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 835)
- Fujiwara no Otsugu, Japanese statesman (d. 843)
- Heizei, emperor of Japan (d. 824)
- Li Su, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 821)
- Liu Zongyuan, Chinese poet and official (d. 819)
- Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne (d. 810)
- Peter of Atroa, Byzantine abbot and saint (d. 837)
- Wei Chuhou, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 829)
Deaths
- Brochfael ap Elisedd, king of Powys (Wales)
- Donn Cothaid mac Cathail, king of Connacht (Ireland)
- Khongtekcha, king of Manipur (India)
- Lebuinus, Anglo-Saxon missionary (approximate date)
- Rōben, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 689)
- Xue Song, general of the Yan and Tang Dynasties
References
- ↑ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 14. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ↑ Yale Global
- ↑ Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893640/
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