762
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Bengali calendar | 169 |
| Berber calendar | 1712 |
| 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 |
| Iranian calendar | 140–141 |
| Islamic calendar | 144–145 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō-hōji 6 (天平宝字６年) |
| Julian calendar | 762 DCCLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3095 |
| Minguo calendar | 1150 before ROC 民前1150年 |
| Seleucid era | 1073/1074 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1304–1305 |
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Emperor Dai Zong (727–779)
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
Europe
- Vinekh, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, dies after a 6-year reign. He is succeeded by Telets, ending the rule of the Vokil clan and beginning the reign of the Ugain clan.
Britain
- King Æthelbert II of Kent dies and is succeeded by his nephew Eadberht II. He possibly rules all Kent for a time. Sigered, probably an East Saxon, succeeds in West Kent. Eadberht dies after a short reign, followed by Ealhmund as ruler of Kent.
- King Æthelwald of Northumbria marries his queen, Æthelthryth, at Catterick (North Yorkshire).[1]
Arabian Empire
- July 30 – Caliph Al-Mansur moves the Arab seat of the Abbasid Caliphate from Kufa to Baghdad and founds a new capital in the Tigris Valley. Al-Ala ibn Mugith, supporter of the Abbasid cause, is defeated by Muslim Arab forces under Abd al-Rahman I at Beja (modern-day Portugal).[2]
- September 25 – Alid Revolt begins: Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya raises the banner 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.
Asia
- The Chinese official Li Fuguo murders empress Zhang, wife of emperor Su Zong. Shortly afterward Su Zong dies of a heart attack, he is succeeded by his son Dai Zong who kills Li by sending assassins.
By topic
Religion
- Schäftlarn Abbey (Bavaria) is founded by Waltrich, a Benedictine monk of noble family, south of modern-day Munich, Germany.
Births
- Æthelred I, king of Northumbria (d. 796)
Deaths
- Æthelbert II, king of Kent
- Ashot III, Armenian prince
- Eadberht II, king of Kent
- Eardwulf, king of Kent
- Gao Lishi, Chinese official and eunuch (b. 684)
- Li Bai, (also Li Po), Chinese poet (b. 701)
- Li Fuguo, Chinese official and eunuch (b. 704)
- Milo, Frankish bishop (or 763)
- Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Muslim rebel leader
- Su Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. 711)
- Vinekh, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire
- Xuan Zong, emperor of Tang dynasty (b. 685)
- Zhang, empress of the Tang dynasty