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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 730s 740s 750s – 760s – 770s 780s 790s |
| Years: | 760 761 762 – 763 – 764 765 766 |
| 763 by topic | |
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| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 763 DCCLXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1516 |
| Armenian calendar | 212 ԹՎ ՄԺԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5513 |
| Bengali calendar | 170 |
| Berber calendar | 1713 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1307 |
| Burmese calendar | 125 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6271–6272 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3459 or 3399 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3460 or 3400 |
| Coptic calendar | 479–480 |
| Discordian calendar | 1929 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 755–756 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4523–4524 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 819–820 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 685–686 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3864–3865 |
| Holocene calendar | 10763 |
| Iranian calendar | 141–142 |
| Islamic calendar | 145–146 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō-hōji 7 (天平宝字７年) |
| Julian calendar | 763 DCCLXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3096 |
| Minguo calendar | 1149 before ROC 民前1149年 |
| Seleucid era | 1074/1075 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1305–1306 |
Year 763 (DCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 763 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- June – Battle of Anchialus: Emperor Constantine V sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (800 ships and 9,600 cavalry) to Thrace to defend the fortress city of Anchialus on the Black Sea Coast. Meanwhile, Telets, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, blocks the mountain passes and takes positions on the heights near Anchialus. During a desperate cavalry charge the Bulgars are defeated and many are captured, Telets manages to escape. Constantine enters Constantinople in triumph and kills all the prisoners.
Europe
- August – Byzantine troops invade the Papal States in alliance with king Desiderius of the Lombards. King Pepin III ("the Short") intervenes, and begins negotiations between the Lombards and pope Paul I. Desiderius promises to end the hostilities, but on condition that Pepin sends back Lombard hostages held by the Franks.[1]
Britain
Arabian Empire
- January 21 – Battle of Bakhamra: The Abbasid army under Isa ibn Musa defeat the Alids and put an end to the rebellion. The power of the Abbasid Dynasty is consolidated.
Asia
- February 17 – An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Shi Chaoyi hangs himself to avoid being captured by Tang troops sent by the renegade Li Huaixian, ending the 7-year rebellion against the Tang Dynasty in China.
- November 18 – Forces of the Tibetan Empire under Trisong Detsen occupy the Tang capital of Chang'an (modern Xi'an) for 15 days and install a puppet emperor.[2] Tibetans take over the horse pastures.
Births
- Haito, bishop of Basel
- Harun al-Rashid, Muslim caliph (or 766)
- Wang, empress of the Tang Dynasty (d. 816)
Deaths
- Bridei V, king of the Picts
- Domnall Midi, High King of Ireland
- Fang Guan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 697)
- Jianzhen, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 688)
- Shi Chaoyi, emperor of the Yan (Anshi) state
- Wei Jiansu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 687)
