757
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This article is about the year 757. For the number, see 757 (number). For other uses, see 757 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 720s 730s 740s – 750s – 760s 770s 780s |
| Years: | 754 755 756 – 757 – 758 759 760 |
| 757 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 757 DCCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1510 |
| Armenian calendar | 206 ԹՎ ՄԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5507 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1087–-1086 |
| Bengali calendar | 164 |
| Berber calendar | 1707 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1301 |
| Burmese calendar | 119 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6265–6266 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年十二月初七日 (3393/3453-12-7) — to —
丁酉年十一月十六日(3394/3454-11-16) |
| Coptic calendar | 473–474 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 749–750 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4517–4518 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 813–814 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 679–680 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3858–3859 |
| Holocene calendar | 10757 |
| Iranian calendar | 135–136 |
| Islamic calendar | 139–140 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3090 |
| Minguo calendar | 1155 before ROC 民前1155年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1300 |
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Year 757 (DCCLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 757 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Africa
[edit] Asia
- March 9 – A major earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria.
- The Battle of Suiyang is fought.
[edit] Europe
- Offa becomes king of Mercia (to 796). He is noted for Offa's Dyke, built as a defence against Welsh marauders.
- Fruela I becomes king of Asturias.
- Tassilo III, duke of the Bavarians, recognizes the supremacy of Frankish king Pepin the Short.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- May 29 – Pope Paul I succeeds Pope Stephen II as the 93rd pope.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- April 26 – Pope Stephen II
- Alphonso I, king of Asturias (b. 739)
- Ethelbald, king of Mercia
- Sigeberht of Wessex, king of Wessex
- Baldred of Tyninghame, hermit and saint
- Crimhthann mac Reachtghal, Abbot of Clonfert
- Suibhne of Clonfert, Abbot of Clonfert
- Cummascach mac Flainn, king of Uí Failge
- Geshu Han, general under the Tang Dynasty
- Zhang Xun, general under the Tang Dynasty
- An Lushan, noted Tang Dynasty military commander
- Li Lin, imperial prince of the Tang Dynasty
- Li Tan, imperial prince of the Tang Dynasty
- Ono no Azumabito, court official during Japan's Nara Period
- Habib ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri, Arab noble, ruler of Ifriqiya
[edit] References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.26.
