763

763 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	763; DCCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1516
Armenian calendar	212; ԹՎ ՄԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	5513
Balinese saka calendar	684–685
Bengali calendar	170
Berber calendar	1713
Buddhist calendar	1307
Burmese calendar	125
Byzantine calendar	6271–6272
Chinese calendar	Nhâm DầnNăm (WaterTiger); 3460 or 3253; — to —; Quý Mão năm (WaterRabbit); 3461 or 3254
Coptic calendar	479–480
Discordian calendar	1929
Ethiopian calendar	755–756
Hebrew calendar	4523–4524
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	819–820
-Shaka Samvat	684–685
-Kali Yuga	3863–3864
Holocene calendar	10763
Iranian calendar	141–142
Islamic calendar	145–146
Japanese calendar	Tenpyō-hōji7; ( thiên bình bảo tự ７ năm )
Javanese calendar	657–658
Julian calendar	763; DCCLXIII
Korean calendar	3096
Minguo calendar	1149 beforeROC; Dân trước 1149 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−705
Seleucid era	1074/1075AG
Thai solar calendar	1305–1306
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy hổ năm; (male Water-Tiger); 889 or 508 or −264; — to —; Âm thủy thỏ năm; (female Water-Rabbit); 890 or 509 or −263

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century; 8th century; 9th century;
Decades:	740s; 750s; 760s; 770s; 780s;
Years:	760; 761; 762; 763; 764; 765; 766;

Year763(DCCLXIII) was acommon year starting on Saturday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 763 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

June–Battle of Anchialus:EmperorConstantine Vsends aByzantineexpeditionary force (800 ships and 9,600cavalry) toThrace,to defend the fortress city ofAnchialuson theBlack Sea Coast.Meanwhile,Telets,ruler (khagan) of theBulgarian Empire,blocks themountain passesand takes positions on the heights near Anchialus. During a desperatecavalry charge,theBulgarsare defeated and many are captured; Telets manages to escape. Constantine entersConstantinoplein triumph, and kills all the prisoners.

August– Byzantine troops invade thePapal States,in alliance with KingDesideriusof theLombards.KingPepin III ( "the Short" )intervenes, and begins negotiations between the Lombards andPope Paul I.Desiderius promises to end the hostilities, but on condition that Pepin sends back Lombardhostagesheld by theFranks.^[1]

In 763 Al-Mansur sent his troops to conquerAl-Andalusfor theAbbasid empire.But the rulerAbd al-Rahman Isuccessfully defended his territory. Al-Mansur withdrew and thereafter focused his troops on holding the eastern part of his empire on lands that were once part of Persia.^[2]
January 21–Battle of Bakhamra:The Abbasid army underIsa ibn Musadefeats theAlids,and puts an end to their rebellion. The power of theAbbasid dynastyis consolidated.

February 17–An Lushan Rebellion:EmperorShi Chaoyihangs himself to avoid being captured by Tang troops sent by the renegadeLi Huaixian,ending the 7-year rebellion against theTang dynastyinChina.
November 18– Forces of theTibetan Empire,underTrisong Detsen,occupy the Tang capital ofChang'an(modernXi'an) for 15 days, and install a puppet emperor.^[3]Tibetans take over thehorsepastures.

July 2–Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat( "Rising Sun" ) becomes the newruler of the Mayan city stateofCopáninHondurasafter the death ofKʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil,who had reigned since 749. Yax Pasaj reigns until810.

^"CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Paul I".
^Wise Bauer, Susan (2010).The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade.W. W. Norton & Company. p. 369.ISBN 9780393078176.
^Beckwith 1987, p. 146