763

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century – 8th century – 9th century
Decades:	730s 740s 750s – 760s – 770s 780s 790s
Years:	760 761 762 – 763 – 764 765 766

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

763 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	763 DCCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1516
Armenian calendar	212 ԹՎ ՄԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	5513
Bengali calendar	170
Berber calendar	1713
Buddhist calendar	1307
Burmese calendar	125
Byzantine calendar	6271–6272
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3459 or 3399 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3460 or 3400
Coptic calendar	479–480
Discordian calendar	1929
Ethiopian calendar	755–756
Hebrew calendar	4523–4524
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	819–820
- Shaka Samvat	685–686
- Kali Yuga	3864–3865
Holocene calendar	10763
Iranian calendar	141–142
Islamic calendar	145–146
Japanese calendar	Tenpyō-hōji 7 (天平宝字７年)
Julian calendar	763 DCCLXIII
Korean calendar	3096
Minguo calendar	1149 before ROC 民前1149年
Seleucid era	1074/1075 AG
Thai solar calendar	1305–1306

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Year 763 (DCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 763 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

June – Battle of Anchialus: Emperor Constantine V sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (800 ships and 9,600 cavalry) to Thrace to defend the fortress city of Anchialus on the Black Sea Coast. Meanwhile, Telets, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, blocks the mountain passes and takes positions on the heights near Anchialus. During a desperate cavalry charge the Bulgars are defeated and many are captured, Telets manages to escape. Constantine enters Constantinople in triumph and kills all the prisoners.

August – Byzantine troops invade the Papal States in alliance with king Desiderius of the Lombards. King Pepin III ("the Short") intervenes, and begins negotiations between the Lombards and pope Paul I. Desiderius promises to end the hostilities, but on condition that Pepin sends back Lombard hostages held by the Franks.^[1]

January 21 – Battle of Bakhamra: The Abbasid army under Isa ibn Musa defeat the Alids and put an end to the rebellion. The power of the Abbasid Dynasty is consolidated.

February 17 – An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Shi Chaoyi hangs himself to avoid being captured by Tang troops sent by the renegade Li Huaixian, ending the 7-year rebellion against the Tang Dynasty in China.
November 18 – Forces of the Tibetan Empire under Trisong Detsen occupy the Tang capital of Chang'an (modern Xi'an) for 15 days and install a puppet emperor.^[2] Tibetans take over the horse pastures.