775

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775 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 775
DCCLXXV
Ab urbe condita 1528
Armenian calendar 224
ԹՎ ՄԻԴ
Assyrian calendar 5525
Balinese saka calendar 696–697
Bengali calendar 181–182
Berber calendar 1725
Buddhist calendar 1319
Burmese calendar 137
Byzantine calendar 6283–6284
Chinese calendar 甲寅年 (Wood  Tiger)
3472 or 3265
     to 
乙卯年 (Wood  Rabbit)
3473 or 3266
Coptic calendar 491–492
Discordian calendar 1941
Ethiopian calendar 767–768
Hebrew calendar 4535–4536
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 831–832
 - Shaka Samvat 696–697
 - Kali Yuga 3875–3876
Holocene calendar 10775
Iranian calendar 153–154
Islamic calendar 158–159
Japanese calendar Hōki 6
(宝亀6年)
Javanese calendar 670–671
Julian calendar 775
DCCLXXV
Korean calendar 3108
Minguo calendar 1137 before ROC
民前1137年
Nanakshahi calendar −693
Seleucid era 1086/1087 AG
Thai solar calendar 1317–1318
Tibetan calendar 阳木虎年
(male Wood-Tiger)
901 or 520 or −252
     to 
阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
902 or 521 or −251
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Emperor Leo IV and his son Constantine VI

Year 775 ( DCCLXXV ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 775 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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Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

  • Saxon Wars: King Charlemagne holds a major assembly at Quierzy (Northern France). He leads a Frankish army into Saxony to retake the castrum of Syburg (near Dortmund), then rebuilds and garrisons fortified Eresburg. He reaches the Weser at a place called Braunsberg, where the Saxons stand for battle, but are defeated when Frankish troops cross the river. [1]
  • Westphalian Saxons, probably commanded by Widukind, cross the Weser and fight an inconclusive battle at Hlidbeck (modern-day Lübbecke). Charlemagne claims victory, but perhaps in reality suffers a setback. He reunites his forces and inflicts a real defeat upon the Saxons, seizing considerable booty and taking hostages, though Widukind escapes. [2]
  • Autumn Charlemagne retakes the Hellweg (main corridor) along the Lippe Valley, establishing communications between Austrasia, Hesse and Thuringia. It is used as a trade route under Frankish supervision. [3]
  • The German city of Giessen (Hesse) is founded.

Africa

Arab Caliphate

Abbasid caliph al-Mansur was succeeded by his heir and son Al-Mahdi, on 6th October 775. Abu Ja'far al-Mansur, Sayr mulhimah min al-Sharq wa-al-Gharb.png
Abbasid caliph al-Mansur was succeeded by his heir and son Al-Mahdi, on 6th October 775.
  • At around this time, Baghdad becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Chang'an, capital of China. [5]

Asia

By topic

Astronomy

Births

Deaths

References

  1. David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, pp. 14–15. ISBN   978-1-78200-825-5.
  2. David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 15. ISBN   978-1-78200-825-5.
  3. David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 12. ISBN   978-1-78200-825-5.
  4. Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 26.
  5. "Largest Cities Through History". About.com Geography. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2006.
  6. Bagchi, Jhunu (1993). The History and Culture of the Pālas of Bengal and Bihar, cir 750 A.D. - 1200 A.D. ISBN   978-81-7017-301-4.
  7. Lovett, Richard A. (2012). "Mysterious radiation burst recorded in tree rings" . Nature News & Comment. doi:10.1038/nature.2012.10768. S2CID   124800942.
  8. Brown and Ishida. Gukanshō, pp. 276–277; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 147–148; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 81–85. , p. 81, at Google Books