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Calendar overview 773
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| 773 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 221/222 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 765/766 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1316/17 (southern Buddhism); 1315/16 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 57th (58th) cycle
Year of the water buffalo癸丑 ( at the beginning of the year water rat 壬子) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 135/136 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 151/152 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 156/157 (November 20/21) |
| Jewish calendar | 4533/34 (September 22-23) |
| Coptic calendar | 489/490 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDXXVI (1526)
Diocletian's era : 489/490 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1083/84 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1084/85 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 811 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 829/830 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Longobard campaign of Charlemagne
- March: Pope Hadrian I asks the Frankish king Charlemagne through envoys for help against the Longobards under King Desiderius .
- In late summer Karl begins his Lombard campaign : he crosses the Alps on Mont Cenis , a second army pillar under his uncle Bernhard chooses the route over the Great St. Bernhard . Together they succeed in overcoming the Lombard army at the Klausen von Sankt Michael at the exit of the Susa valley .
- Autumn: Siege of Pavia (773–774) : Charlemagne begins with the siege of the Lombard capital Pavia . Also Verona is besieged.
Further events in the Franconian Empire
- In response to the start of the Saxon Wars in the previous year, the Saxons of Westphalia carried out a retaliatory campaign against Deventer , the Eresburg was also recaptured, and later the Fritzlar monastery was also overrun. In doing so, they take advantage of Karl's absence.
Wales
- Cadell ap Brochfael becomes king of the Celtic kingdom of Powys after the death of his father Brochfael ap Elisedd .
Asia
First documentary mentions
- First documentary mention of the communities Alsbach , Beienheim , Buchen (Odenwald) , Freinsheim , Hangen-Weisheim , Hochdorf (Freiburg) , Jesenwang , Massenbach , Massenbachhausen , Bad Mingolsheim , Neckarhausen , Neckarzimmern , Obrigheim (Baden) , Pfatter , Schillingstadt , Sünching , Tiefenbach (Gundelsheim) and Velden an der Vils
religion
- Sigibert becomes Bishop of Uzès .
Born
- Dionysius of Tell Mahre , Patriarch of Antioch († 845 )
- Liu Zongyuan , Chinese civil servant scholar († 819 )
- 772 /773: Charles the Younger , son of Charlemagne († 811 )
Died
- Brochfael ap Elisedd , King of Powys
- Rōben , Buddhist monk scholar (* 689 )
- Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūba al-ʿAdawī al-Baṣrī , traditionalist from Basra
Web links
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