766
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This article is about the year 766. For the number (and other uses), see 766 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 730s 740s 750s – 760s – 770s 780s 790s |
| Years: | 763 764 765 – 766 – 767 768 769 |
| 766 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 766 DCCLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1519 |
| Armenian calendar | 215 ԹՎ ՄԺԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5516 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1078–-1077 |
| Bengali calendar | 173 |
| Berber calendar | 1716 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1310 |
| Burmese calendar | 128 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6274–6275 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年十一月十六日 (3402/3462-11-16) — to —
丙午年十一月廿五日(3403/3463-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 482–483 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 758–759 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4526–4527 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 822–823 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 688–689 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3867–3868 |
| Holocene calendar | 10766 |
| Iranian calendar | 144–145 |
| Islamic calendar | 148–149 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 766 DCCLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3099 |
| Minguo calendar | 1146 before ROC 民前1146年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1309 |
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Year 766 (DCCLXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 766 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.
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[edit] 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.
- Unsuccessfull Abbasid siege of the Byzantine fortress of Kamacha.
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[edit] Religion
- November 16 – Nicetas is appointed Patriarch of Constantinople.
[edit] Births
- January 1 – Ali ar-Ridha, Shia Imam (d. 818)
