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Calendar overview 762
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| 762 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 210/211 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 754/755 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1305/06 (southern Buddhism); 1304/05 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 57th (58th) cycle
Year of the water tiger壬寅 ( at the beginning of the year metal buffalo 辛丑) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 124/125 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 140/141 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 144/145 (March 31 / April 1) |
| Jewish calendar | 4522/23 (September 22/23) |
| Coptic calendar | 478/479 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDXV (1515)
Diocletian's era : 478/479 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1072/73 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1073/74 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 800 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 818/819 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Abbasid Empire
- July 30 ; Caliph Al-Mansur founds Madīnat as-Salām ("City of Peace"), later Baghdad , as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate . Damascus loses its capital city function.
- Under the leadership of Muhammad an-Nafs al-Zakīya of the Hasanid family , a rebellion of Shiites in Hejaz begins against the Abbasid rule in Baghdad . On September 22nd, Muhammad took the city of Medina by surprise. Numerous important personalities of the city, including the legal scholar Mālik ibn Anas , join him. A little later, Mecca and Basra are also conquered. On December 6th, however , the uprising was put down by an Abbasid army and Muhammad was killed in battle.
Other events in Asia
- Tang Daizong becomes emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty after the death of Suzong .
- Shwemauk becomes ruler of Bagan .
Europe
- Campaign to the Duchy of Aquitaine : Subjugation of the County of Bourges by the Frankish King Pippin .
First documentary mentions
- July 10th : First documentary mention of the Kesseling monastery cell in the Sinzig district as Casleoca .
- August 13 : Pippin the Younger and his wife Bertrada donate extensive property to the Carolingian house monastery Prüm , including property, several villages and cells. This certificate is the first mention of Altrip , Birresborn , Mötsch , Niederprüm , Rheinbach and Wetteldorf, among others .
- August 18 : Nordstetten ( Schwarzwald-Baar district ) is mentioned for the first time as Nortstati in a deed of donation from the St. Gallen monastery .
- Sinzig is mentioned as a Franconian royal court.
- First documented mention of Ampezzo , Braunau , Eimsheim , Eisenach (Eifel) , Epolding , Freckleben , Mintraching (Grüneck) (762–764) and Oberstreu .
religion
- Attigny prayer covenant
- The Manichaeism is the state religion in the Uyghur under Bögü Khan.
- Jaenbert becomes Archbishop of Canterbury ; he is the successor to Bregwin.
- Wiomad becomes Archbishop of Trier .
- Berthelmus becomes Bishop of Cologne , then Ricolf .
- Sigerich becomes the second bishop of Regensburg .
- Foundation of the Schäftlarn monastery with the help of Duke Tassilo III. from Baiern
Born
- around 762: Æthelred I , king of Northumbria († 796 )
- around 762: Haito , abbot in Reichenau monastery and bishop of Basel († 836 )
Died
- May 3 : Tang Xuanzong , Emperor of China (* 685 )
- December 6 : Muhammad an-Nafs az-Zakīya , Arab rebel leader
- Æthelberht II , King of Kent
- Li Bai , Chinese poet (* 701 )
- Milo von Trier , Franconian bishop
- Tang Suzong , Emperor of China (* 711 )
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