764
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 764 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 764 DCCLXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1517 |
| Armenian calendar | 213 ԹՎ ՄԺԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5514 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 685–686 |
| Bengali calendar | 171 |
| Berber calendar | 1714 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1308 |
| Burmese calendar | 126 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6272–6273 |
| Chinese calendar | Quý mãoNăm (WaterRabbit) 3461 or 3254 — to — Giáp thần năm (WoodDragon) 3462 or 3255 |
| Coptic calendar | 480–481 |
| Discordian calendar | 1930 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 756–757 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4524–4525 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 820–821 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 685–686 |
| -Kali Yuga | 3864–3865 |
| Holocene calendar | 10764 |
| Iranian calendar | 142–143 |
| Islamic calendar | 146–147 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō-hōji8 ( thiên bình bảo tự ８ năm ) |
| Javanese calendar | 658–659 |
| Julian calendar | 764 DCCLXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3097 |
| Minguo calendar | 1148 beforeROC Dân trước 1148 năm |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −704 |
| Seleucid era | 1075/1076AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1306–1307 |
| Tibetan calendar | Âm thủy thỏ năm (female Water-Rabbit) 890 or 509 or −263 — to — Dương mộc long năm (male Wood-Dragon) 891 or 510 or −262 |
Year764(DCCLXIV) was aleap year starting on Sunday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar,the 764th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 764th year of the1st millennium,the 64th year of the8th century,and the 5th year of the760sdecade. The denomination 764 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- Domenico Monegariois deposed, afterPope Paul IdemandeddonationsfromVenice.Monegario isblindedandexiled,and succeeded byMaurizio Galbaioas the 7thdogeof Venice. During his reign, Venetianwealthis increased viatrade.
Britain
[edit]- KingOffa of MerciaconquersKent,and brings an end to the rule of kingsEalhmundandSigeredinWest Kent.He imposesMercianoverlordship on the kingdom, but allows a local king,Heaberht,to rule there.
Asia
[edit]- October 14–21–Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion:A short-lived revolt led byFujiwara no Nakamarois suppressed.Emperor Junninis deposed after a 6-year reign, and forced into exile. Former empressKōkenreassumes the imperialthroneofJapan,and takes the name Shōtoku. She appoints her close associate, the priestDōkyō,prime minister (taishi), running the government with him. Nakamaro is captured and killed with his wife and children.[1]
By topic
[edit]Geography
[edit]- According to the historianTheophanes the Confessor,icebergsfloat pastConstantinoplefrom theBlack Sea(approximate date).
Religion
[edit]- Cancor,aFrankishcount (possibly ofHesbaye), foundsLorsch Abbey(modern-dayGermany).
Births
[edit]- Abu Thawr,Muslim scholar (d.854)
- Al-Hadi,Muslim caliph (d.786)
- Fujiwara no Nakanari,Japanesenobleman(d.810)
- Li Jiang,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty(d.830)
- Tian Hongzheng,general of the Tang Dynasty (d.821)
Deaths
[edit]- January 17–Joseph of Freising,German bishop
- Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari,wife of caliph al-Mansur.
- Abdallah ibn Ali,Muslim general
- Bregowine,archbishop of Canterbury
- Fujiwara no Nakamaro,Japanese statesman (b.706)
- Stephen the Younger,Byzantinetheologian(or765)
References
[edit]- ^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."