__NOTOC__ Year 758 ( DCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 758 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

* Summer – Duke Liutprand of Benevento attains majority, and rebels against Lombard rule. King Desiderius defeats him, and grants his

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to Arechis II of Benevento, Arechis II (son of Liutprand). He marries Adelperga, daughter of Desiderius, and establishes friendly (but largely independent) relations with the Kingdom of the Lombards, Lombard Kingdom. * Desiderius deposes Alboin of Spoleto, Alboin, duke of Duchy of Spoleto, Spoleto (Central Italy), and exercises Duke, ducal authority himself, tying the duchy more closely to the Lombard capital of Pavia.

Britain

* King Beonna of East Anglia, Beorna of East Anglia dies. Prince Æthelred I of East Anglia, Æthelred, descendant of the late king Rædwald of East Anglia, Rædwald, apparently succeeds as king (approximate date). * King Eadberht of Northumbria abdicates the throne in favour of his son, Oswulf of Northumbria, Oswulf. He enters the monastery attached to the cathedral of York. * King Swithred of Essex dies after a 12-year reign. He is succeeded by Sigeric of Essex, Sigeric, son of the late king Saelred of Essex, Saelred (see 709). * King Cynewulf of Wessex retakes Berkshire from the Mercians, and begins a war with the Wales, Welsh (approximate date).

Africa

* A group of four Basra-educated Missionary, missionaries, including Rustamid dynasty#History, 'Abd al-Rahman Iban Rustam, proclaim the Ibadi, Ibadi imamate. Followers conquer the city of Kairouan (modern Tunisia), and massacre the Kharijites.Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 25.

Asia

* An Lushan Rebellion: The Chinese seaport of Guangzhou is sacked by Muslim Arabs, Muslim and Iran, Persian raiders. The port is shut down for the next 5 decades, while foreign vessels dock at Hanoi (modern Vietnam) instead. Guangzhou thrives again, once it is reopened to foreign trade in the early 9th century. * June – Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid Arabs and Uyghur people, Uyghur Turks arrive simultaneously at the Tang dynasty, Tang capital of Chang'an, in order to offer tribute to the Court (royal), imperial court. The Arabs and Turks bicker and fight over diplomatic prominence at the City gate, gate, to present tribute before the other. A settlement is reached when both are allowed to enter at the same time, but through different gates to the palace. * Empress Kōken abdicates the throne, after a 9-year reign. She is succeeded by her adopted son Emperor Junnin, Junnin, grandson of the late emperor Emperor Tenmu, Tenmu. He becomes the 47th emperor (''Emperor of Japan, tennō'') of Japan.

Births

* Adrian, Count of Orléans, brother in law of Charlemagne and uncle of Louis the Pious (d. c. 821) * Hyegong of Silla, Hyegong, king of Silla (Korea) (d. 780) * Li Fengji, Chancellor of the Tang dynasty, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 835) * Li Jifu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 814) * Nikephoros (Caesar), Nikephoros, son of Constantine V (or 756) * Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Nikephoros I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) * Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Japanese List of shōguns, shōgun (d. 811) * Sico of Benevento, Lombard prince (approximate date) * Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 760) * Wang Zhixing, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 836) * Wu Yuanheng, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 815)

Deaths

* Beonna of East Anglia, Beorna, king of Kingdom of East Anglia, East Anglia (approximate date) * Chen Xilie, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty * Swithred of Essex, Swithred, king of Essex

References

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