768

Calendar overview 768

Map with all linked sites: OSM | WikiMap

768
Pippin the Younger , King of the Franconian Empire , dies. He is succeeded by his sons Karl and Karlmann .
768 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	216/217 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	760/761
Buddhist calendar	1311/12 (southern Buddhism); 1310/11 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	57th (58th) cycle Year of the Earth-Monkey戊申 ( at the beginning of the year Fire-Sheep 丁未)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	130/131 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	146/147 (around March 21)
Islamic calendar	150/151 (January 25/26)
Jewish calendar	4528/29 (September 16-17)
Coptic calendar	484/485
Roman calendar	ab urbe condita MDXXI (1521) Diocletian's era : 484/485 (turn of the year November)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1078/79 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1079/80 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	806
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	824/825 (turn of the year April)

Events

January 14th : Fruela I , King of Asturias , who himself recently murdered his brother, is murdered. His successor will not be his designated nephew Bermudo , but Fruela's cousin Aurelio .

Before Easter: Pepin the Younger , King of the Franconian Empire , subjugates the Duchy of Aquitaine , which is subsequently administered directly by the Carolingians . Duke Waifar is murdered by his own people - presumably at Pippin's instigation. Pippin's son Karlmann becomes the new Duke of Aquitaine .
June: On the way back from Aquitaine, Pippin falls seriously ill and decrees that after his death the empire should be divided between his two sons. He dies on September 24th in Saint-Denis near Paris.
October 9 : Charles I (the Great) and Karlmann I are anointed together as kings in the Franconian Empire: The northern half from the Pyrenees to Thuringia goes into the possession of Charles, the southern half with the Mediterranean coast, Burgundy and Alemannia in the von Karlmann.
Charlemagne and Karlmann install Duke Loup II in Gascony .

After a surprise attack by the Byzantine emperor Constantine V on the Bulgarian empire , its ruler Pagan is murdered by his own people while fleeing to Varna . Telerig succeeds him as Khan of the Bulgarians and ends a three-year period of anomie .

July 31 : After a pontificate of around one year, Pope Constantine II , who is now called the Antipope , is expelled by the Lombards and Philip is appointed and enthroned in his place , without having received the ordination of priests.
August 7th : In Rome, with the help of the Francophone party, Stephen III is elected. to the Pope , he will be consecrated two days later. Philipp is expelled and has to withdraw to his monastery. Constantine II is blinded and also put in the monastery, his followers bloody persecuted.
Ricolf becomes Bishop of Cologne .
Simpert becomes the successor of the late Sigerich Bishop of Regensburg .

Han Yu , Chinese poet and essayist († 824 )
around 768: ʿAlī ibn Mūsā ar-Ridā , eighth imam according to the belief of the Twelve Shiites († 818 )

June 2nd : Waifar , Duke of Aquitaine
September 19 or 20 : Eadberht , King of Northumbria
September 24th : Pippin the Younger , first king of the Carolingian dynasty, Franconian house man (* 714 )

Commons : 768 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files