758

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century – 8th century – 9th century
Decades:	720s 730s 740s – 750s – 760s 770s 780s
Years:	755 756 757 – 758 – 759 760 761

758 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

758 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	758 DCCLVIII
Ab urbe condita	1511
Armenian calendar	207 ԹՎ ՄԷ
Assyrian calendar	5508
Bengali calendar	165
Berber calendar	1708
Buddhist calendar	1302
Burmese calendar	120
Byzantine calendar	6266–6267
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3454 or 3394 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3455 or 3395
Coptic calendar	474–475
Discordian calendar	1924
Ethiopian calendar	750–751
Hebrew calendar	4518–4519
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	814–815
- Shaka Samvat	680–681
- Kali Yuga	3859–3860
Holocene calendar	10758
Iranian calendar	136–137
Islamic calendar	140–141
Japanese calendar	Tenpyō-hōji 2 (天平宝字２年)
Julian calendar	758 DCCLVIII
Korean calendar	3091
Minguo calendar	1154 before ROC 民前1154年
Seleucid era	1069/1070 AG
Thai solar calendar	1300–1301

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Year 758 (DCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 758 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

Summer – Duke Liutprand of Benevento attains majority and rebels against Lombard rule. King Desiderius defeats him and grants his duchy to Arechis II (son of Liutprand). He marries Adelperga, daughter of Desiderius, and establishes friendly (but largely independent) relations with the Lombard Kingdom.
Desiderius deposes Alboin, duke of Spoleto (Central Italy), and exercises ducal authority himself. Tying the duchy more closely to the Lombard capital of Pavia.

King Beorna of East Anglia dies. Apparent succession of prince Æthelred, descendant of the late king Rædwald, as king (approximate date).
King Eadberht of Northumbria abdicates the throne in favour of his son, Oswulf. He enters the monastery attached to the cathedral of York.
King Swithred of Essex dies after a 12-year reign. He is succeeded by Sigeric, son of the late king Saelred (see 709).
King Cynewulf of Wessex retakes Berkshire from the Mercians and begins a war with the Welsh (approximate date).

A group of four Basra-educated missionaries including 'Abd al-Rahman Iban Rustam proclaim the Ibadi imamate. Followers conquer the city of Kairouan (modern Tunesia) and massacre the Kharijites.^[1]

An Lushan Rebellion: The Chinese seaport of Guangzhou is sacked by Muslim and Persian raiders. The port is shut down for the next 5 decades while foreign vessels dock at Hanoi (modern vietnam) instead. Guangzhou thrives again once it is reopened to foreign trade in the early 9th century.
June – Abbasid Arabs and Uyghur Turks arrive simultaneously at the Tang capital of Chang'an, in order to offer tribute to the imperial court. The Arabs and Turks bicker and fight over diplomatic prominence at the gate, to present tribute before the other. A settlement is reached when both are allowed to enter at the same time, but through different gates to the palace.
Empress Kōken abdicates the throne after a 9-year reign. She is succeeded by her adopted son Junnin, grandson of the late emperor Tenmu. He becomes the 47th emperor (tennō) of Japan.

↑ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.25.