775

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
775 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar775
DCCLXXV
Ab urbe condita1528
Armenian calendar224
ԹՎ ՄԻԴ
Assyrian calendar5525
Balinese saka calendar696–697
Bengali calendar182
Berber calendar1725
Buddhist calendar1319
Burmese calendar137
Byzantine calendar6283–6284
Chinese calendar甲寅年 (Wood Tiger)
3472 or 3265
    — to —
乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
3473 or 3266
Coptic calendar491–492
Discordian calendar1941
Ethiopian calendar767–768
Hebrew calendar4535–4536
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat831–832
 - Shaka Samvat696–697
 - Kali Yuga3875–3876
Holocene calendar10775
Iranian calendar153–154
Islamic calendar158–159
Japanese calendarHōki 6
(宝亀6年)
Javanese calendar670–671
Julian calendar775
DCCLXXV
Korean calendar3108
Minguo calendar1137 before ROC
民前1137年
Nanakshahi calendar−693
Seleucid era1086/1087 AG
Thai solar calendar1317–1318
Tibetan calendar阳木虎年
(male Wood-Tiger)
901 or 520 or −252
    — to —
阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
902 or 521 or −251
Emperor Leo IV and his son Constantine VI

Year 775 (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 Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

  • Saxon Wars: King Charlemagne holds a major assembly at Quierzy (Northern France). He leads a Frankish army into Saxony to retake the castrum of Syburg (near Dortmund), then rebuilds and garrisons fortified Eresburg. He reaches the Weser at a place called Braunsberg, where the Saxons stand for battle, but are defeated when Frankish troops cross the river.[1]
  • Westphalian Saxons, probably commanded by Widukind, cross the Weser and fight an inconclusive battle at Hlidbeck (modern-day Lübbecke). Charlemagne claims victory, but perhaps in reality suffers a setback. He reunites his forces and inflicts a real defeat upon the Saxons, seizing considerable booty and taking hostages, though Widukind escapes.[2]
  • Autumn – Charlemagne retakes the Hellweg (main corridor) along the Lippe Valley, establishing communications between Austrasia, Hesse and Thuringia. It is used as a trade route under Frankish supervision.[3]
  • The German city of Giessen (Hesse) is founded.

Africa

Arab Caliphate

Abbasid caliph al-Mansur was succeeded by his heir and son Al-Mahdi, on 6th October 775.
  • At around this time, Baghdad becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Chang'an, capital of China.[5]

Asia

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Astronomy


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References

  1. ^ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5.
  2. ^ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 15. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5.
  3. ^ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 12. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5.
  4. ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 26.
  5. ^ "Largest Cities Through History". About.com Geography. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2006.
  6. ^ Bagchi, Jhunu (1993). The History and Culture of the Pālas of Bengal and Bihar, cir 750 A.D. - 1200 A.D. ISBN 978-81-7017-301-4.
  7. ^ Lovett, Richard A. (2012). "Mysterious radiation burst recorded in tree rings". Nature News & Comment. doi:10.1038/nature.2012.10768. S2CID 124800942.
  8. ^ Brown and Ishida. Gukanshō, pp. 276–277; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 147–148; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 81–85., p. 81, at Google Books