758

Calendar overview 758

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758
Arichis II becomes the new Duke of Benevento .
758 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	206/207 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	750/751
Buddhist calendar	1301/02 (southern Buddhism); 1300/01 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	57th (58th) cycle Year of the earth dog戊戌 ( at the beginning of the year fire rooster 丁酉)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	120/121 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	136/137 (around March 21)
Islamic calendar	140/141 (May 13-14)
Jewish calendar	4518/19 (September 8/9)
Coptic calendar	474/475
Roman calendar	from urbe condita MDXI (1511) Diocletian's era : 474/475 (turn of the year November)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1068/69 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1069/70 (New Year October)
Spanish era	796
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	814/815 (turn of the year April)

Events

In his 2nd campaign against the Saxons , Pippin the Younger forced annual tribute payments from 300 horses to Francs.
The Lombard king Desiderius subdues the two duchies of Spoleto and Benevento . He makes Arichis II the new Duke of Benevento, who is the successor of Liutprand .
Oswulf becomes King of Northumbria as the successor to Eadberht .
Cancor becomes Graf im Breisgau .

Abu l-Chattab al-Maafiri , Imam of the Berber Ibadites , conquered the province of Ifrīqiya (today's Tunisia ) and appointed the Persian Ibn Rustam, the founder of the Rustamid dynasty, as governor in the provincial capital of Kairuan .

Junnin becomes Tennō of Japan . It follows the Kōken- tennō.
Victory of the Uyghurs over the Kyrgyz people
When an uprising in the Chinese canton (today Guangzhou ) was put down by Persian mercenaries, they allied themselves with local Arab merchants, plundered the city and brought rich booty to their homeland on ships.