Year 764 (DCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 764th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 764th year of the 1st millennium, the 64th year of the 8th century, and the 5th year of the 760s decade. The denomination 764 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 764 DCCLXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1517 |
| Armenian calendar | 213 ԹՎ ՄԺԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5514 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 685–686 |
| Bengali calendar | 171 |
| Berber calendar | 1714 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1308 |
| Burmese calendar | 126 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6272–6273 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3461 or 3254 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 3462 or 3255 |
| Coptic calendar | 480–481 |
| Discordian calendar | 1930 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 756–757 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4524–4525 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 820–821 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 685–686 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3864–3865 |
| Holocene calendar | 10764 |
| Iranian calendar | 142–143 |
| Islamic calendar | 146–147 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō-hōji 8 (天平宝字８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 658–659 |
| Julian calendar | 764 DCCLXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3097 |
| Minguo calendar | 1148 before ROC 民前1148年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −704 |
| Seleucid era | 1075/1076 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1306–1307 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 890 or 509 or −263 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 891 or 510 or −262 |
Events
editBy place
editEurope
edit- Domenico Monegario is deposed, after Pope Paul I demanded donations from Venice. Monegario is blinded and exiled, and succeeded by Maurizio Galbaio as the 7th doge of Venice. During his reign, Venetian wealth is increased via trade.
Britain
edit- King Offa of Mercia conquers Kent, and brings an end to the rule of kings Ealhmund and Sigered in West Kent. He imposes Mercian overlordship on the kingdom, but allows a local king, Heaberht, to rule there.
Asia
edit- October 14–21 – Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion: A short-lived revolt led by Fujiwara no Nakamaro is suppressed. Emperor Junnin is deposed after a 6-year reign, and forced into exile. Former empress Kōken reassumes the imperial throne of Japan, and takes the name Shōtoku. She appoints her close associate, the priest Dōkyō, prime minister (taishi), running the government with him. Nakamaro is captured and killed with his wife and children.[1]
By topic
editGeography
edit- According to the historian Theophanes the Confessor, icebergs float past Constantinople from the Black Sea (approximate date).
Religion
edit- Cancor, a Frankish count (possibly of Hesbaye), founds Lorsch Abbey (modern-day Germany).
Births
edit- Abu Thawr, Muslim scholar (d. 854)
- Al-Hadi, Muslim caliph (d. 786)
- Fujiwara no Nakanari, Japanese nobleman (d. 810)
- Li Jiang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 830)
- Tian Hongzheng, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 821)
Deaths
edit- January 17 – Joseph of Freising, German bishop
- Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari, wife of caliph al-Mansur.
- Abdallah ibn Ali, Muslim general
- Bregowine, archbishop of Canterbury
- Fujiwara no Nakamaro, Japanese statesman (b. 706)
- Stephen the Younger, Byzantine theologian (or 765)
References
edit- ^ Sansom, p. 90; excerpt, "... Nakamaro, better known by his later title as the prime minister Oshikatsu, was in high favour with the emperor Junnin but not with the ex-empress Kōken. In a civil disturbance that took place in 764–765, Oshikatsu was captured and killed, while the young emperor was deposed and exiled in 765 and presumably strangled. Kōken reascended the throne as the empress Shōtoku, and her priest Dōkyō was all powerful until she died withous issue in 770."