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This article is about the year 781. For the number, see 781 (number). For other uses, see 781 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 750s 760s 770s – 780s – 790s 800s 810s |
| Years: | 778 779 780 – 781 – 782 783 784 |
| 781 by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 781 DCCLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1534 |
| Armenian calendar | 230 ԹՎ ՄԼ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5531 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −1063 – −1062 |
| Bengali calendar | 188 |
| Berber calendar | 1731 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1325 |
| Burmese calendar | 143 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6289–6290 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3477 or 3417 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3478 or 3418 |
| Coptic calendar | 497–498 |
| Discordian calendar | 1947 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 773–774 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4541–4542 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 837–838 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 703–704 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3882–3883 |
| Holocene calendar | 10781 |
| Igbo calendar | −219 – −218 |
| Iranian calendar | 159–160 |
| Islamic calendar | 164–165 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōki 12 / Ten'ō 1 (天応元年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 781 DCCLXXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3114 |
| Minguo calendar | 1131 before ROC 民前1131年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1324 |
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Year 781 (DCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 781 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 31 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
- Emperor Kammu succeeds Emperor Kōnin as Emperor of Japan.
- New city of Bian (汴) constructed on the site of Kaifeng in China.
Europe
- Charlemagne defines the Papal territory (see Papal States).
- Talorcan II succeeds Drest III as king of the Picts.
- Alcuin becomes Charlemagne's chief adviser on religious and educational matters.
Births
Deaths
- Guo Ziyi, Chinese general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 697)
- Yang Yan
References
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