772
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 740s 750s 760s – 770s – 780s 790s 800s |
| Years: | 769 770 771 – 772 – 773 774 775 |
| 772 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 772 DCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1525 |
| Armenian calendar | 221 ԹՎ ՄԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5522 |
| Bengali calendar | 179 |
| Berber calendar | 1722 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1316 |
| Burmese calendar | 134 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6280–6281 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3468 or 3408 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3469 or 3409 |
| Coptic calendar | 488–489 |
| Discordian calendar | 1938 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 764–765 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4532–4533 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 828–829 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 694–695 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3873–3874 |
| Holocene calendar | 10772 |
| Iranian calendar | 150–151 |
| Islamic calendar | 155–156 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōki 3 (宝亀３年) |
| Julian calendar | 772 DCCLXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3105 |
| Minguo calendar | 1140 before ROC 民前1140年 |
| Seleucid era | 1083/1084 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1314–1315 |
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Charlemagne and pope Adrian I (772–795)
Year 772 (DCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 772 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
- Saxon Wars: King Charlemagne leads an Frankish expedition from the Middle Rhine into disputed territory lost by the Franks (see 695). He starts a religious campaign against the Saxons and seizes Eresburg, destroying the Irminsul (Saxon sacred tree) near Paderborn. Charlemagne devastates several major Saxon strongholds and forces them to retreat beyond the Weser River. After negotiating with some Saxon nobles and obtaining hostages, he installs a number of garrisons.[1]
- King Desiderius of the Lombards enraged by the repudiation of Charlemagne of his daughter Desiderata, proclaims Gerberga's sons lawful heirs to the Frankish throne. He attacks pope Adrian I for refusing to crown them and invades the Pentapolis. Desiderius marches on Rome and Adrian turns to the Franks for military support.
Britain
- King Offa of Mercia attempts to rule Kent directly, possible deposition of his rival Egbert II (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- February 1 – Pope Stephen III dies after a 3½-year reign in which he has approved the acceptable reverence of icons in the Eastern Church. He is succeeded by Adrian I (also referred to as Hadrian) as the 95th pope of Rome.
- Caliph Al-Mansur orders Christians and Jews in Jerusalem to be stamped on their hands with a distinctive symbol.[2]
Births
- Bai Juyi, Chinese poet and official (d. 846)
- Charles the Younger, son of Charlemagne (d. 811)
- Cui Qun, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 832)
- Cui Zhi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 829)
- Li Ao, Chinese philosopher and prose writer (d. 841)
- Liu Yuxi, Chinese poet and philosopher (d. 842)
Deaths
- Abu Hanifa, founder of the Sunni Hanafi school (b. 702)
- Amalberga of Temse, Lotharingian noblewoman
- Dōkyō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 700)
- Dúngal mac Cellaig, king of Osraige (Ireland)
- February 1 – Pope Stephen III
- Zhu Xicai, general of the Tang Dynasty
References
- ↑ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ↑ Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine 634-1099, Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp. 473-476 (cited in FrontPage Magazine)