760s
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 730s 740s 750s – 760s – 770s 780s 790s |
| Years: | 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
760s: events by year
Contents: 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769
760
By place
America
China
- Emperor Xuanzong is placed under house arrest by Li Fuguo with the support of Emperor Suzong.
By topic
Religion
- The church of Santa Sophia in Benevento is built (approximate date).
- The Kailash Temple is built on the orders of Krishna I of the Rashtrakutas.
762
By place
Asia
- July 30 – Abbasid caliph al-Mansur founds a new capital at Baghdad, Iraq.
- Tang military leader Li Fuguo kills the wife of Suzong, Empress Zhang,and shortly afterward Suzong dies of a heart attack; Daizong kills Li.
763
By place
Europe
Asia
- Chinese General Guo Ziyi quells the long Anshi Rebellion.
- November 18 – Tibetan forces occupy the Chinese capital Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty for 16 days.
764
By place
Asia
- Empress Shōtoku succeeds Emperor Junnin on the throne of Japan.
- Near the end of the An Shi rebellion, Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days.
Europe
- Mauricius Galba becomes Doge of Venice.
- According to the historian Theophanes, the Black Sea melts and ice bergs float past Constantinople.
- Offa of Mercia conquers Kent, and installs Egbert II on the Kentish throne.
765
By place
Africa
- The Zenete Berber tribe of Banû Ifrân rebels against the Abbasids and creates an independent state centered around Tlemcen.[1]
By topic
Religion
- Papal privileges are restored in Beneventino and Tuscany (and partly in Spoleto).
- Kasuga Shrine, Nara, founded.
766
By place
Asia
- Karluks, defeat Turgesh. Most of Turkestan (former Onak territory) under Karluk rule except west of Lake Aral where a loose confederation named Oguz is about to emerge.
By topic
Religion
- November 16 – Nicetas is appointed Patriarch of Constantinople.
767
By place
Africa
- The Kharijite Berbers of Tlemcen and Tiaret try to conquer Ifriqiya (Tunisia) from the Abbasid caliphate but fail to conquer the capital, Kairouan.
Europe
By topic
Religion
- Constantine II becomes antipope.
768
By place
Europe
- Pepin the Short (714–768), king of the Franks since 751, dies; he is succeeded by his sons Carloman (eastern Franks) and Charles, aka Charlemagne (western Franks).
- Deventer (in the present day Netherlands) is founded (approximate date).
- Aurelio succeeds Fruela I as king of Asturias.
By topic
Religion
- The date, according to the Annales Cambriae, when Wales begins to celebrate Easter on the Roman date, at the teaching of Elbodugus.
- August 7 – Pope Stephen III succeeds Pope Paul I as the 94th pope.
769
By topic
Religion
- Pope Stephen III holds a council; papal election procedure is changed and the devotion to icons is confirmed.
- The Monastery of Tallaght is founded by Máel Ruain.
Significant people
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.27.
