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| Centuries: | 7th century - 8th century - 9th century |
| Decades: | 720s 730s 740s - 750s - 760s 770s 780s |
| Years: | 753 754 755 - 756 - 757 758 759 |
| 756 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 756 DCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1509 |
| Armenian calendar | 205 ԹՎ ՄԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1088 – -1087 |
| Berber calendar | 1706 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1300 |
| Burmese calendar | 118 |
| Chinese calendar | 3392/3452-11-25 (乙未年十一月廿五日) — to —
3393/3453-12-6(丙申年十二月初六日) |
| Coptic calendar | 472 – 473 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 748 – 749 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4516 – 4517 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 811 – 812 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 678 – 679 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3857 – 3858 |
| Holocene calendar | 10756 |
| Iranian calendar | 134 – 135 |
| Islamic calendar | 138 – 139 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3089 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1299 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Europe
- Pepin the Short defeats the Lombards of northern Italy, who have threatened Pope Stephen II. The Donation of Pepin is a cession of lands including Ravenna that will become the basis of the Papal States.
- Abd-ar-rahman I conquers Iberia and re-establishes the Umayyad dynasty at Cordoba in modern Spain.
- Desiderius succeeds Aistulf as king of the Lombards.
- Vinekh succeeds Kormisosh as king of Bulgaria.
[edit] Asia
- The army of An Lushan captures Chang'an in rebellion against the Tang Dynasty.
Yang Guozhong is killed by the angry soldiers, Yang Guifei and most people in the family of Yang are killed.
- Emperor Suzong of Tang China ascends to the throne, after his father Emperor Xuanzong abdicates while fleeing to Sichuan during the An Lushan rebellion.
- The Tang army, led by Zhang Xun, wins the Battle of Yongqiu.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- July 15 — Yang Guozhong, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- December — Aistulf, king of the Lombards
- Emperor Shōmu, emperor of Japan (b. 701)
- Yang Guifei, consort of Emperor Xuanzong (executed)
- Gao Xianzhi, ethnic Korean general in service of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
- Feng Changqing
