775
This article is about the year 775. For the number, see 775 (number). For other uses, see 775 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 740s 750s 760s – 770s – 780s 790s 800s |
| Years: | 772 773 774 – 775 – 776 777 778 |
| 775 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 775 DCCLXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1528 |
| Armenian calendar | 224 ԹՎ ՄԻԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5525 |
| Bengali calendar | 182 |
| Berber calendar | 1725 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1319 |
| Burmese calendar | 137 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6283–6284 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3471 or 3411 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3472 or 3412 |
| Coptic calendar | 491–492 |
| Discordian calendar | 1941 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 767–768 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4535–4536 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 831–832 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 697–698 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3876–3877 |
| Holocene calendar | 10775 |
| Iranian calendar | 153–154 |
| Islamic calendar | 158–159 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōki 6 (宝亀６年) |
| Julian calendar | 775 DCCLXXV |
| Korean calendar | 3108 |
| Minguo calendar | 1137 before ROC 民前1137年 |
| Seleucid era | 1086/1087 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1317–1318 |
Emperor Leo IV and his son Constantine VI
Year 775 (DCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 775 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
Byzantine Empire
- September 14 – Emperor Constantine V dies while on campaign in Bulgaria. In his 34-year reign he has suppressed monasticism and image worship, restored aqueducts, revived commerce, and repopulated Constantinople. He is succeeded by his 25-year-old son Leo IV ("the Khazar"), who continues Constantine's campaigns against the Bulgars and Muslim Arabs.
Europe
- Saxon Wars: King Charlemagne holds a major assembly at Quierzy (Northern France). He leads an Frankish army into Saxony to retake the castrum of Syburg (near Dortmund), then rebuilds and garrisons fortified Eresburg. He reaches the Weser at a place called Braunsberg where the Saxons stand for battle but are defeated when Frankish troops cross the river.[1]
- Westphalian Saxons, probably commanded by Widukind, cross the Weser and fight an inconclusive battle at Hlidbeck (modern-day Lübbecke). Charlemagne claims victory but perhaps in reality suffers a setback. He reunites his forces and inflicts a real defeat upon the Saxons, seizing considerable booty and taking hostages, though Widukind escapes.[2]
- Autumn – Charlemagne retakes the Hellweg (main corridor) along the Lippe Valley, establishing communications between Austrasia, Hesse and Thuringia. It is used as a trade route under Frankish supervision.[3]
- The German city of Giessen (Hesse) is founded.
Africa
- Andalusian merchants set up an emporium (trade settlement) on the Maghreb coast at Ténès (modern Algeria). It is an early evidence of the revival of the maritime trade in the Western Mediterranean after the chaos of the 8th century.[4]
Arabian Empire
- April 25 – Battle of Bagrevand: The Abbasids put an end to an Armenian rebellion. Muslim control over Transcaucasia is solidified, while several major Armenian nakharar families, notably the Mamikonian lose power and flee to the Byzantine Empire.
- Caliph al-Mansur dies after a 21-year reign in which he has made Baghdad the residence of the Abbasid Caliphate. He is succeeded by his son al-Mahdi.
- Baghdad becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Chang'an, capital of China.[5]
Asia
- Tibet subdues her Himalayan neighbors and concludes a boundary agreement with the Chinese Tang dynasty (approximate date).
- King Dharmapala begins his reign of Bengal (South Asia).[6]
By topic
Astronomy
- A 1.2% growth of carbon-14 concentration recorded in tree rings suggests that a very strong solar storm may have hit the earth in either 774 or 775.[7]
Births
- Amalarius, archbishop of Trier (approximate date)
- Ebbo, archbishop of Reims (d. 851)
- Einhard, Frankisch scholar (d. 840)
- Hilduin, bishop of Paris (d. 840)
- Leo V, Byzantine emperor (d. 820)
- Rotrude, daughter of Charlemagne (or 778)
- Tahir ibn Husayn, Muslim governor (or 776)
- Theodosia, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
Deaths
- April 25 – at the Battle of Bagrevand:
- September 14 – Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (b. 718)
- Al-Mansur, Muslim caliph (b. 714)
- Ciniod I, king of the Picts
- Fujiwara no Kurajimaro, Japanese politician (b. 734)
- Isma'il ibn Jafar, Shī‘ah Imām (approximate date)
- Kibi no Makibi, Japanese scholar (b. 695)
- Milred, bishop of Worcester (approximate date)
- Thingfrith, Earl of Mercia (approximate date)
References
- ↑ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ↑ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 15. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ↑ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 12. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ↑ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 26
- ↑ Geography at about.com
- ↑ Bagchi, Jhunu (1993). The History and Culture of the Pālas of Bengal and Bihar, cir 750 A.D. - 1200 A.D. ISBN 978-81-7017-301-4
- ↑ http://www.nature.com/news/mysterious-radiation-burst-recorded-in-tree-rings-1.10768/
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