759

759 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	759; DCCLIX
Ab urbe condita	1512
Armenian calendar	208; ԹՎ ՄԸ
Assyrian calendar	5509
Balinese saka calendar	680–681
Bengali calendar	166
Berber calendar	1709
Buddhist calendar	1303
Burmese calendar	121
Byzantine calendar	6267–6268
Chinese calendar	Mậu tuấtNiên (EarthDog); 3456 or 3249; — to —; Kỷ hợi niên (EarthPig); 3457 or 3250
Coptic calendar	475–476
Discordian calendar	1925
Ethiopian calendar	751–752
Hebrew calendar	4519–4520
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	815–816
-Shaka Samvat	680–681
-Kali Yuga	3859–3860
Holocene calendar	10759
Iranian calendar	137–138
Islamic calendar	141–142
Japanese calendar	Tenpyō-hōji3; ( thiên bình bảo tự ３ niên )
Javanese calendar	653–654
Julian calendar	759; DCCLIX
Korean calendar	3092
Minguo calendar	1153 beforeROC; Dân tiền 1153 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−709
Seleucid era	1070/1071AG
Thai solar calendar	1301–1302
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ cẩu niên; (male Earth-Dog); 885 or 504 or −268; — to —; Âm thổ trư niên; (female Earth-Pig); 886 or 505 or −267

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century; 8th century; 9th century;
Decades:	730s; 740s; 750s; 760s; 770s;
Years:	756; 757; 758; 759; 760; 761; 762;

Year759(DCCLIX) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 759 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Domini calendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events[edit]

Battle of the Rishki Pass:EmperorConstantine VinvadesBulgariaagain, but his forces areambushedand defeated while crossing theRishki Pass,nearStara Planina(modernBulgaria). The Bulgarian ruler (khagan)Vinekhdoes not exploit his success, and begins peace negotiations.^[1]

Siege of Narbonne:TheFranksunder KingPepin III( "the Short" ) retakeNarbonnefrom theMuslims,after a 7-yearsiege.He pushes them back across thePyrenees,and the Muslims retreat to theAndalusianheartland after 40 years of occupation. The government of the city is assigned to theVisigothiccountMiló.

July 24– KingOswulf of Northumbriais murdered by members of his ownhousehold(hisservantsorbodyguards), atMarket Weighton.TheDeiranpatrician,Æthelwald Moll,who probably conspired in theregicide,is crownedking of Norhumbria.He may have been a descendant of the late kingOswine of Deira.
ExceptionalwinterinEngland.Frost beginsOctober 1,and endsFebruary 26,760.^[2]

Caliphal-Mansurof theAbbasid Caliphatelaunches the conquest ofTabaristan(on the southern coast of theCaspian Sea). Its ruler,Khurshid II,flees into the mountainous region ofDaylam.

An Lushan Rebellion:Tang forces underGuo Ziyilay siege to the city ofYanjing(NorthernChina) as they increase their efforts to end the rebellion. The fighting creates such a shortage offoodwithin its walls thatratssell at enormous prices.
Otomo no Yakamochi,Japanese general, compiles the firstJapanese poetryanthology,Man'yōshū.It contains some 500 poems by Japanesepoetswho include the emperor,noblemenand commoners.
December 24–Tang dynastypoetDu Fu departs for Chengdu,where he is hosted by fellow poetPei Di.