Greater Zab River near Erbil Iraqi Kurdistan

__NOTOC__ Year 750 ( DCCL) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 750 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

Arab Caliphate

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

–

Battle of the Zab The Battle of the Zab ( ar, معركة الزاب), also referred to in scholarly contexts as Battle of the Great Zāb River, took place on January 25, 750, on the banks of the Great Zab River in what is now the modern country of Iraq. It spel ...

: Abbasid forces under Abdallah ibn Ali defeat the Umayyads near the

Great Zab The Great Zab or Upper Zab ( (''al-Zāb al-Kabīr''), or , , ''(zāba ʻalya)'') is an approximately long river flowing through Turkey and Iraq. It rises in Turkey near Lake Van and joins the Tigris in Iraq south of Mosul. The drainage basin o ...

River. Members of the Umayyad house are hunted down and killed. Defeated by his rivals, Caliph Marwan II flees westward to Egypt, perhaps attempting to reach Al-Andalus ( Iberian Peninsula), where there are still significant Umayyad armies. Balami - Tarikhnama - Abu'l-'Abbas al-Saffah is proclaimed the first 'Abbasid Caliph (cropped)

Balami - Tarikhnama - Abu'l-'Abbas al-Saffah is proclaimed the first 'Abbasid Caliph (cropped)

August 6 Events Pre-1600 *1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. * 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...

– Marwan II is caught and killed at Faiyum by supporters of the Abbasid caliph As-Saffah. Almost the entire Umayyad Dynasty is assassinated; Prince Abd al-Rahman I escapes to Al-Andalus. The Abbasids assume control of the

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and establish their first capital at Kufa.

Europe

* King Alfonso I of Asturias establishes the Kingdom of Galicia, in roughly the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. The exact time this happened is contested. * The town Slaný in the Central Bohemian Region ( Czech Republic) is founded at the site of a salt spring, according to one chronicle written in the sixteenth century (approximate date).

Britain

* King Eadberht of Northumbria imprisons Cynewulf, bishop of

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, at Bamburgh Castle. King Eadberht does this in order to punish the bishop for sheltering one of his enemies, Prince Offa. He then besieges Prince Offa, son of the late King Aldfrith, in

Lindisfarne Priory Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important ...

. Almost dead from hunger, he is dragged from his sanctuary and put to death. * Battle of Mugdock: The Strathclyde Britons under King Teudebur defeat Prince Talorgan of the Picts. This leads to the decline of the power of King Óengus I.

Africa

* The Ghana Empire begins (approximate date).

India

* Gopala I is proclaimed as the first ruler and founder of the Pala Empire.

America

* Native Americans, in the area now known as the

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, begin constructing and occupying pueblos. * The city of Teotihuacan (modern Mexico) is destroyed and left in ruins, its

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s burned to the ground.

Indonesia

* Borobudur, or Barabudur (a Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, as well as the world's largest Buddhist temple, and also one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world) is built (approximate date).

By topic

Art

* The "Western Paradise" of Amitābha Buddha, detail of a wall painting in Cave 217,

Dunhuang Dunhuang () is a county-level city in Northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. According to the 2010 Chinese census, the city has a population of 186,027, though 2019 estimates put the city's population at about 191,800. Dunhuang was a major ...

(

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

), is made during the Tang Dynasty (approximate date).

Food and drink

* In China during the Tang Dynasty, a bargeload of tea (a medicinal

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) comes up the Grand Canal to Luoyang, from Zhejiang (approximate date).

Births

– Leo IV, Byzantine emperor (d.

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) * Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf, Abbasid poet (d. 809) * Abd al-Malik ibn Salih, Abbasid general (d. 812) * Arno, archbishop of Salzburg (approximate date) *

Bermudo I Bermudo I (also Vermudo or Veremund), called the Deacon or the Monk (c. 750 – 797), was the King of Asturias from 788 or 789 until his abdication in 791. He was a son of Fruela of Cantabria, a nephew of Alfonso I, and a brother of Aurelius. T ...

, king of Asturias (approximate date) * Clement, Irish scholar and

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(approximate date) * Eigil of Fulda, Bavarian abbot (approximate date) * Hildegrim, bishop of Châlons (approximate date) *

Leo III Leo III, Leon III, or Levon III may refer to: ; People * Leo III the Isaurian (685-741), Byzantine emperor 717-741 * Pope Leo III (d. 816), Pope 795-816 * Leon III of Abkhazia, King of Abkhazia 960–969 * Leo II, King of Armenia (c. 1236–1289), ...

, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 816) *

Ragnvald Sigurdsson Ragnvald Sigurdsson (c. 750 – after 814) was a semi-legendary lord of Huseby, in Lista (modern Norway). He is best known for the marriage of his daughter, Gunnhild Ragnvaldsdatter, to Harald Granraude, king of Agder. Ragnvald also had a son, ...

, great-grandfather to Harald Hårfagre * Sawara, Japanese prince (approximate date) * Theodulf, bishop of Orléans (or 760) *

Wu Shaocheng Wu Shaocheng () (750 – January 6, 810), formally the Prince of Puyang (), was a Chinese military general and politician who served as the military governor of Zhangyi Circuit (彰義, headquartered in modern Zhumadian, Henan), ruled the circuit in ...

, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 810)

Deaths

* January 25 – Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Umayyad caliph *

– Marwan II, ruling Umayyad caliph (b. 688) *

Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (; in Greek sources , ''Abdelas'') was an Umayyad prince, the son of Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (), a general and the governor of Egypt in 705–709. Life Abdallah was born or and grew up in the ...

, Umayyad prince (or

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) * Agilulfus, bishop of Cologne (approximate date) *

Al-Abbas ibn al-Walid Al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik was an Umayyad prince and general, the son of Caliph al-Walid I. A distinguished military leader in the Byzantine–Arab Wars of the early 8th century, especially in partnership with his uncle Maslam ...

, Umayyad prince and general * Basil the Confessor, Eastern Orthodox

* Boruth, prince (''

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'') of

Carantania Carantania, also known as Carentania ( sl, Karantanija, german: Karantanien, in Old Slavic '), was a Slavic principality that emerged in the second half of the 7th century, in the territory of present-day southern Austria and north-eastern ...

(approximate date) *

Bressal mac Áedo Róin Bressal mac Áedo Róin (died 750) was a Dál Fiatach ruler of the over-kingdom of Ulaid in Ireland. He reigned from 749 to 750. He was the son of Áed Róin (died 735), a previous king. This family had their base in modern-day County Down, Norther ...

, Dál Fiatach king of Ulaid *

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, bishop of Würzburg (approximate date) *

Himelin Saint Himelin (Hymelin, Himelinus) (died Vissenaken, c. 750 AD) was an Irish or ScottishPaul Kempeneers. Toponymie van Vissenaken. priest who, returning from a pilgrimage to Rome, fell ill when passing through Vissenaken (in present-day part ...

, Scottish priest (approximate date) * Inreachtach mac Dluthach, king of

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( Ireland) * Irene of Khazaria, Byzantine empress (approximate date) * Isonokami no Otomaro, Japanese nobleman *

Veborg Webiorg, Wigbiorg or Veborg (died 750), was a legendary Scandinavian shieldmaiden who, according to the sagas, participated in the Battle of Bråvalla, which occurred in Sweden in approximately 750. She was of Swedish or Danish origin. The battle ...

, Scandinavian shieldmaiden (approximate date)

References

External links

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