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Calendar overview 764
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| 764 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 212/213 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 756/757 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1307/08 (southern Buddhism); 1306/07 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 57th (58th) cycle
Year of the wood dragon甲辰 ( at the beginning of the year water rabbit 癸卯) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 126/127 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 142/143 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 146/147 (March 9/10) |
| Jewish calendar | 4524/25 (August 31 / September 1) |
| Coptic calendar | 480/481 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDXVII (1517)
Diocletian's era : 480/481 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1074/75 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1075/76 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 802 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 820/821 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- Byzantium-friendly Maurizio Galbaio becomes Doge of Venice . He succeeds the murdered Domenico Monegario . An extremely troubled phase in early Venetian history ends with him.
Japan
- November 7th : Princess Abe, who ruled from 749 to 758 under the name Kōken and has since spent her time as a Buddhist nun in the Nara monastery Hokke-ji under the religious name Takano Tennō , is again named Tennō of Japan under the name Shōtoku , but without giving up their Buddhist vows. She deposed her successor Junnin and sent him into exile in Awaji . Her uncle Fujiwara no Nakamaro instigates a rebellion against the new old Tennō, but succumbs after a short time.
First documentary mentions
- First documentary mention of Ebersheim , Eigeltingen , Flonheim , Fürth in the Odenwald , Geisingen , Haltingen , Kirchdorf an der Iller , Östringen , Oggersheim , Udenheim (today Philippsburg) and Schriesheim
religion
- July 12th : The Robertin Count Cancor donates the Lorsch Abbey . The first abbot is the Metz bishop Chrodegang . The oldest entries in the Lorsch Codex also date from this year.
- The abbot Arbeo becomes Bishop of Freising . He is the successor to Joseph von Verona.
- Foundation of the Benedictine monasteries Ottobeuren and Ellwangen
nature and environment
- Extremely cold and long winter all over Europe
Died
- January 15 : Ceolwulf , King of Northumbria (* 695 )
- August 5th : Abel , Bishop of Reims
- ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAlī , Arab politician and military (* 721 )
- Joseph of Verona , Bishop of Freising
Web links
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