Muslim troops leaving Narbonne to Pepin le Bref in 759

__NOTOC__ Year 759 ( DCCLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 759 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

Byzantine Empire

* Battle of the Rishki Pass: Emperor Constantine V invades Bulgaria again, but his forces are ambushed and defeated while crossing the Rishki Pass, near

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(modern Bulgaria). The Bulgarian ruler (''

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'') Vinekh does not exploit his success, and begins peace negotiations.

Europe

* Siege of Narbonne: The Franks under King Pepin III ("the Short") retake Narbonne from the

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s, after a 7-year siege. He pushes them back across the Pyrenees, and the Muslims retreat to the

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heartland after 40 years of occupation. The government of the city is assigned to the Visigothic count Miló.

Britain

* July 24 – King Oswulf of Northumbria is murdered by members of his own household (his

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s or

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s), at Market Weighton. The Deiran ''patrician'', Æthelwald Moll, who probably conspired in the regicide, is crowned king of Norhumbria. He may have been a descendant of the late king Oswine of Deira. * Exceptional winter in England. Frost begins October 1, and ends

February 26 Events Pre-1600 *747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is p ...

, 760.

Abbasid Caliphate

* Caliph al-Mansur of the Abbasid Caliphate launches the conquest of Tabaristan (on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea). Its ruler, Khurshid II, flees into the mountainous region of Daylam.

Asia

* An Lushan Rebellion: Tang forces under Guo Ziyi lay siege to the city of Yanjing (Northern

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) as they increase their efforts to end the rebellion. The fighting creates such a shortage of

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within its walls that

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s sell at enormous prices. *

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, Japanese general, compiles the first

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anthology, ''

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''. It contains some 500 poems by Japanese poets who include the emperor, noblemen and commoners. * December 24 – Tang Dynasty poet

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departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet

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By topic

Religion

* The Tōshōdai-ji Buddhist Temple is founded in Nara,

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Births

* Alfonso II, king of Asturias (d. 842) * Asad ibn al-Furat, Muslim

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and theologian (d. 828) * Gregory of Khandzta, Georgian archimandrite (d. 861) *

Quan Deyu Quan Deyu (; 759 – September 30, 818), courtesy name Zaizhi (), formally Duke Wen of Fufeng (), was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xianzong. Biography Ancestry, birth and early l ...

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(d. 818) * Theodore the Studite, Byzantine abbot (d.

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) * Wang Shizhen, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 809) * Wu Yantong, Chinese Buddhist monk (approximate date)

Deaths

* July 24 – Oswulf, king of Northumbria *

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, Anglo-Saxon abbess *

Dúngal mac Amalgado Dúngal mac Amalgado (or Dúngal Cnogba) (died 759) was a King of Brega from the Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill. He was the son of Amalgaid mac Congalaig (died 718) and brother of C ...

, king of

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( Ireland) *

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, Swiss abbot (approximate date) * Wang Wei, Chinese poet (b. 699)

References

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