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This article is about the year 773. For the number, see 773 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 740s 750s 760s – 770s – 780s 790s 800s |
| Years: | 770 771 772 – 773 – 774 775 776 |
| 773 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 773 DCCLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1526 |
| Armenian calendar | 222 ԹՎ ՄԻԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5523 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −1071 – −1070 |
| Bengali calendar | 180 |
| Berber calendar | 1723 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1317 |
| Burmese calendar | 135 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6281–6282 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3469 or 3409 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3470 or 3410 |
| Coptic calendar | 489–490 |
| Discordian calendar | 1939 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 765–766 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4533–4534 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 829–830 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 695–696 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3874–3875 |
| Holocene calendar | 10773 |
| Igbo calendar | −227 – −226 |
| Iranian calendar | 151–152 |
| Islamic calendar | 156–157 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōki 4 (宝亀４年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 773 DCCLXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3106 |
| Minguo calendar | 1139 before ROC 民前1139年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1316 |
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Year 773 (DCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 773 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
Europe
- At request of the Pope Adrian I, Charlemagne crosses the Alps and invades the kingdom of the Lombards headed by the king Desiderius
Asia
- The concept of the number zero is introduced to the city of Baghdad.[1] (long after the Maya culture developed the concept - Maya numerals)
- King Khongtekcha's reign ends; during his reign, the Manipuri language script first appeared.[2]
- A large and sudden increase in radiocarbon ((14)C) around AD 773 in coral skeletons from the South China Sea. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893640/
Births
- Liu Zongyuan, Chinese poet and official (d. 819)
- Duan Wenchang, chancellor under the Tang Dynasty
- Li Su, general under the Tang Dynasty
- Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne and king of Italy
- Peter of Atroa, abbot who was later canonized as a saint
- Wei Chuhou, chancellor under the Tang Dynasty
Deaths
- Donn Cothaid mac Cathail, King of Connacht
- Rōben, Japanese Buddhist monk
- Xue Song, general under the Yan and Tang Dynasties
References
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