777
This article is about the year 777. For the number, see 777 (number). For the airplane, see Boeing 777. For other uses, see 777 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 740s 750s 760s – 770s – 780s 790s 800s |
| Years: | 774 775 776 – 777 – 778 779 780 |
| 777 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 777 DCCLXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1530 |
| Armenian calendar | 226 ԹՎ ՄԻԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5527 |
| Bengali calendar | 184 |
| Berber calendar | 1727 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1321 |
| Burmese calendar | 139 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6285–6286 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3473 or 3413 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3474 or 3414 |
| Coptic calendar | 493–494 |
| Discordian calendar | 1943 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 769–770 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4537–4538 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 833–834 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 699–700 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3878–3879 |
| Holocene calendar | 10777 |
| Iranian calendar | 155–156 |
| Islamic calendar | 160–161 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōki 8 (宝亀８年) |
| Julian calendar | 777 DCCLXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3110 |
| Minguo calendar | 1135 before ROC 民前1135年 |
| Seleucid era | 1088/1089 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1319–1320 |
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Duke Widukind (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Year 777 (DCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 777 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 spends Easter in Nijmegen and leads a large Frankish army to Paderborn, where a general assembly of Carolingian and Saxon leaders has been summoned. Saxon lands are integrated into the Frankish Kingdom, and divided into missionary parishes. Duke Widukind and his followers flee to king Sigfred of Denmark, seeking refuge and support.[1]
- Abbasid–Carolingian alliance: Charlemagne receives a request for support from pro-Abbasid rulers in the eastern thughur or military frontier zone of the Emirate of Córdoba to help against an rebellion led by the Umayyd emir Abd al-Rahman I.[2]
Africa
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam is recognized as imam of the Ibadis in Maghreb (western North Africa).
By topic
Religion
- Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria founds Kremsmünster Abbey (modern Austria). During this period, possibly the Tassilo Chalice is donated by Luitpirga, wife of Tassilo (approximate date).
Births
- Barnard, archbishop of Vienne (d. 841)[3]
- Bertha of Toulouse, wife of Pippin of Italy[4]
- Pippin of Italy, son of Charlemagne (or 773)[5]
- Masawaiyh, Assyrian physician (d. 857)
Deaths
- Feardomhnach, abbot of Tuam (Ireland)
- Flaithrí mac Domnaill, king of Connacht (Ireland)
- Fujiwara no Kiyonari, Japanese nobleman (b. 716)
- Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu, Japanese statesman (b. 716)
- Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Muslim astronomer
- Telerig, ruler (khagan) of Bulgaria
- Waermund, bishop of Worcester
- Walpurga, Anglo-Saxon missionary (or 779)
References
- ↑ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 12. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ↑ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 16. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ↑ Catholic Online
- ↑ Family origins.com
- ↑ The Peerage.com