770

This article is about the year 770. For the number, see 770 (number). For other uses, see 770 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century – 8th century – 9th century
Decades:	740s  750s  760s  – 770s –  780s  790s  800s
Years:	767 768 769 – 770 – 771 772 773

770 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

770 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	770 DCCLXX
Ab urbe condita	1523
Armenian calendar	219 ԹՎ ՄԺԹ
Assyrian calendar	5520
Bahá'í calendar	-1074–-1073
Bengali calendar	177
Berber calendar	1720
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1314
Burmese calendar	132
Byzantine calendar	6278–6279
Chinese calendar	己酉年十一月三十日 (3406/3466-11-30) — to — 庚戌年十二月初十日 (3407/3467-12-10)
Coptic calendar	486–487
Ethiopian calendar	762–763
Hebrew calendar	4530–4531
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	826–827
- Shaka Samvat	692–693
- Kali Yuga	3871–3872
Holocene calendar	10770
Iranian calendar	148–149
Islamic calendar	152–154
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3103
Minguo calendar	1142 before ROC 民前1142年
Thai solar calendar	1313

Year 770 (DCCLXX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 770 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.

Events

By place

Asia

• Emperor Kōnin ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Empress Shōtoku.

Europe

• Hedeby is founded.
• Telerig becomes king of Bulgaria, ending a period of anarchy.

Births

• Egbert of Wessex (d. 839)
• Michael II, Byzantine emperor (d. 829)

Deaths

• Empress Kōken (also Empress Shōtoku), empress of Japan (b. 718)
• Du Fu, Chinese poet (b. 712)
• Saint Opportuna of Montreuil