759
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This article is about the year 759. For the number (and other uses), see 759 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 720s 730s 740s – 750s – 760s 770s 780s |
| Years: | 756 757 758 – 759 – 760 761 762 |
| 759 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 759 DCCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1512 |
| Armenian calendar | 208 ԹՎ ՄԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5509 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1085–-1084 |
| Bengali calendar | 166 |
| Berber calendar | 1709 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1303 |
| Burmese calendar | 121 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6267–6268 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十一月廿七日 (3395/3455-11-27) — to —
己亥年十二月初八日(3396/3456-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 475–476 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 751–752 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4519–4520 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 815–816 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 681–682 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3860–3861 |
| Holocene calendar | 10759 |
| Iranian calendar | 137–138 |
| Islamic calendar | 141–142 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 759 DCCLIX |
| Korean calendar | 3092 |
| Minguo calendar | 1153 before ROC 民前1153年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1302 |
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Year 759 (DCCLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 759 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] Europe
- The Franks capture Narbonne; the Saracens are completely driven out of France.
- Battle of the Rishki Pass: Byzantine Emperor Constantine V invades Bulgaria again, but this time his army is ambushed in the mountain passes of the Stara Planina.
- Exceptional winter in England. Frost begins October 1 and ends February 26 760.[1]
[edit] Asia
- Japanese poet Otomo no Yakamochi compiles the first Japanese poetry anthology, Man'yōshū.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Saint Bregwin is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
- The Tōshōdai-ji Buddhist Temple is founded in Nara, Japan.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
