762
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This article is about the year 762. For the number, see 762 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 730s 740s 750s – 760s – 770s 780s 790s |
| Years: | 759 760 761 – 762 – 763 764 765 |
| 762 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 762 DCCLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1515 |
| Armenian calendar | 211 ԹՎ ՄԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5512 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −1082 – −1081 |
| Bengali calendar | 169 |
| Berber calendar | 1712 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1306 |
| Burmese calendar | 124 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6270–6271 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3458 or 3398 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3459 or 3399 |
| Coptic calendar | 478–479 |
| Discordian calendar | 1928 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 754–755 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4522–4523 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 818–819 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 684–685 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3863–3864 |
| Holocene calendar | 10762 |
| Igbo calendar | −238 – −237 |
| Iranian calendar | 140–141 |
| Islamic calendar | 144–145 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō-hōji 6 (天平宝字６年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 762 DCCLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3095 |
| Minguo calendar | 1150 before ROC 民前1150年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1305 |
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Year 762 (DCCLXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 762 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
Asia
- July 30 – Abbasid caliph al-Mansur founds a new capital at Baghdad.
- September–December – Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya raises the banner of the Alid Revolt against the Abbasids at Medina, followed by his brother Ibrahim ibn Abdallah at Basra. Muhammad's rebellion is suppressed and he is killed by Abbasid troops under Isa ibn Musa in December.
- In Tang Dynasty China, military leader Li Fuguo kills the wife of Suzong, Empress Zhang, and shortly afterward Suzong dies of a heart attack; Emperor Daizong kills Li.
Europe
- In Beja (present-day Portugal), the Yemenite governor Al-Ala ibn Mugith al-Judhami, a supporter of the Abbassid cause, is quashed.[1]
- Probable date – Telets succeeds Vinekh as king of Bulgaria, ending the reign of the House of Uki and beginning the reign of the House of Ugain.
Births
Deaths
- Li Bai, Chinese poet (b. 701)
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China (b. 685)
- Li Po, Chinese poet (b. 701)
- Emperor Suzong of Tang China (b. 711)
- Li Fuguo, Chinese eunuch official and military leader (b. 704)
- Gao Lishi, Chinese official and court eunuch (b. 684)
- Empress Zhang, second wife of Tang Dynasty Emperor Suzong
- Æthelbert II of Kent, king of Kent
References
- ↑ Joel Serrão and A. H. de Oliverira Marques (1993). "O Portugal Islâmico". Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista. Lisbon: Editorial Presença. p. 124.
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