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| Gregorian calendar | 759 DCCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1512 |
| Armenian calendar | 208 ԹՎ ՄԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1085 – -1084 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1303 |
| Chinese calendar | 3395/3455-11-27 (戊戌年十一月廿七日) — to —
3396/3456-12-8(己亥年十二月初八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 751 – 752 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4519 – 4520 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 814 – 815 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 681 – 682 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3860 – 3861 |
| Holocene calendar | 10759 |
| Iranian calendar | 137 – 138 |
| Islamic calendar | 141 – 142 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1419 (皇紀1419年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10759 |
| Julian calendar | 804 |
| Korean calendar | 3092 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1302 |
[edit] Events
- The Franks capture Narbonne; the Saracens are completely driven out of France.
- Constantine V invaded Bulgaria again, but this time his army was ambushed in the mountain passes of the Stara Planina (battle of the Rishki Pass).
- Japanese poet Otomo no Yakamochi compiled the first Japanese poetry anthology Man'yōshū.
- Saint Bregwin is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Tōshōdai-ji Buddhist temple is founded in Nara.
