__NOTOC__ Year 776 ( DCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 776 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

* April 24 – Emperor Leo IV ("the Khazar") appoints his 5-year-old son Constantine VI co-ruler of the Byzantine Empire. This leads to an uprising, led by one of Leo's half-brothers, ''

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'' Nikephoros, the second son of former emperor Constantine V. The revolt is quickly suppressed. Fortunately for Nikephoros, his only punishment is to be stripped of his titles, while the rest of the conspirators are blinded, tonsured, and

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d to Cherson (Southern Crimea) under guard.

Europe

* King Charlemagne spends Easter in Treviso (Northern Italy), after putting down a

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in Friuli and Spoleto. He removes Hrodgaud of Friuli from power, and reforms the

duchy A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a Middle Ages, medieval country, territory, fiefdom, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or Queen regnant, queen in Western European tradition. There once exis ...

as the March of Friuli (military frontier district). Co-conspirators who support the revolt are

Arechis II Arechis II (also ''Aretchis'', ''Arichis'', ''Arechi'' or ''Aregis'') (born According to the ''Chronicon Salernitanum'', Arechis ''vixit autem quinquaginta tres (53) annos; obiit septimo Kal. Septembris, anno ab incarnacione Domini 787, indictione ...

, duke of

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

, and Adalgis, son of former Lombard king Desiderius. Frankish counts are placed in the cities of Friuli. *

Saxon Wars The Saxon Wars were the campaigns and insurrections of the thirty-three years from 772, when Charlemagne first entered Saxony with the intent to conquer, to 804, when the last rebellion of tribesmen was defeated. In all, 18 campaigns were fought ...

: The Saxons again revolt against Christianity and Frankish rule.

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falls, but a Saxon assault upon the castle of

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fails. Charlemagne hurriedly returns from Italy, launching a counter-offensive which defeats the Saxons. Most of their leaders are summoned to the Lippe at the town of Bad Lippspringe ( North Rhine-Westphalia), to submit formally to Charlemagne.

Britain

Battle of Otford The Battle of Otford was a battle fought in 776 between the Mercians, led by Offa of Mercia, and the Jutes of Kent. The battle took place at Otford, in the modern English county of Kent. The '' Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' recorded that the Merci ...

: King Egbert II of Kent defeats the Mercians under King

Offa Offa (died 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of Æt ...

(near Otford), and re-asserts himself as ruler of Kent.

Births

*February – Al-Jahiz, Afro-Muslim scholar and writer (d.

868 __NOTOC__ Year 868 ( DCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar The Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman cale ...

); Yāqūt, ''Irshād al-arīb ilá ma`rifat al-adīb'', ed. Iḥsān `Abbās, 7 vols (Beirut: Dār al-Gharb al-Islāmī, 1993), 5:2102. *''date unknown'' –

Lu Sui Lu Sui (路隨 or 路隋) (776 – August 16, 835 Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.), courtesy name Nanshi (), was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Wenzong. Backgro ...

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of the Tang Dynasty (d.

835 __NOTOC__ Year 835 ( DCCCXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar. Events By place Europe * Ragnar Lodbrok, a Norse Viking ruler, rises to power. He becomes the scourge of ...

) *''probable'' ** Saint

George the Standard-Bearer Saint George the Standard-Bearer ( Greek: ''Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Σημειοφόρος''),Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Σημειοφόρος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυτιλήνης'' also known as Saint G ...

, archbishop (d.

821 __NOTOC__ Year 821 ( DCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Byzantine general Thomas the Slav leads a revolt, and secures control ...

) ** Bai Xingjian, Chinese poet and writer (d.

826 Year 826 ( DCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 826th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 826th year of the 1st millennium, the 26th ...

) ** Sahnun ibn Sa'id, Muslim jurist (or

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) ** Tahir ibn Husayn, Muslim governor (or

775 __NOTOC__ Year 775 (Roman numerals, DCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 775 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domi ...

)

Deaths

*''date unknown'' **

Cellach mac Dúnchada Cellach mac Dúnchada (died 776) was a King of Leinster of the Uí Dúnchada sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Dúnchad mac Murchado (died 728), and Taileflaith. This sept had their royal seat at Líamhain (Lyons ...

, king of Leinster ( Ireland) **

Cináed Ciarrge mac Cathussaig Cináed Ciarrge mac Cathussaig (died 776) was a Dál nAraidi king of Ulaid, an over-kingdom in medieval Ireland. He was the son of Cathussach mac Ailello (died 749), a previous king and possible over-king of Ulaid. He belonged to the Eilne branch ...

, Dál nAraide king **

Flaithniadh mac Congal Flaithniadh mac Congal (died 776) was Abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergym ...

, abbot of Clonfert ** Hrodgaud, duke of Friuli ( Italy)

Ludo Moritz Hartmann Ludo (Ludwig) Moritz Hartmann (2 March 1865, Stuttgart – 14 November 1924) was an Austrian historian, diplomat and Social Democrat politician. He advocated an anti-metaphysical and materialist approach to history. Early life He was the son of t ...

: ''Geschichte Italiens im Mittelalter'' Bd. II Teil 2, Perthes, Gotha 1903, S. 282ff **

Humayd ibn Qahtaba Humayd ibn Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i () was a senior military leader in the early Abbasid Caliphate. Biography Humayd was the son of Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, who along with Abu Muslim led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad Cali ...

, Muslim military leader **

Nuada ua Bolcain Nuada ua Bolcain (died 776) was Abbot of Tuam. ua Bolcain is the first recorded abbot of Tuam after Jarlath. There is some ambiguity as to his status, as he is listed as ''abbot of Tuaim Daolann'', but this seems to be a contraction of ''Tuai ...

, abbot of Tuam ( Ireland)

References

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