| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century - 8th century - 9th century |
| Decades: | 720s 730s 740s - 750s - 760s 770s 780s |
| Years: | 753 754 755 - 756 - 757 758 759 |
| 756 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 756 DCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1509 |
| Armenian calendar | 205 ԹՎ ՄԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1088 – -1087 |
| Berber calendar | 1706 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1300 |
| Burmese calendar | 118 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6264 – 6265 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年十一月廿五日 (3392/3452-11-25) — to —
丙申年十二月初六日(3393/3453-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 472 – 473 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 748 – 749 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4516 – 4517 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 811 – 812 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 678 – 679 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3857 – 3858 |
| Holocene calendar | 10756 |
| Iranian calendar | 134 – 135 |
| Islamic calendar | 138 – 139 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3089 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1299 |
Contents |
Events
By Place
Europe
- Pepin the Short defeats the Lombards of northern Italy, who have threatened Pope Stephen II. The Donation of Pepin is a cession of lands including Ravenna that will become the basis of the Papal States.
- Abd-ar-rahman I conquers Iberia and re-establishes the Umayyad dynasty at Cordoba in modern Spain.
- Desiderius succeeds Aistulf as king of the Lombards.
- Vinekh succeeds Kormisosh as king of Bulgaria.
Asia
- The army of An Lushan captures Chang'an in rebellion against the Tang Dynasty.
- Yang Guozhong is killed by the angry soldiers, Yang Guifei and most people in the family of Yang are killed.
- Emperor Suzong of Tang China ascends to the throne, after his father Emperor Xuanzong abdicates while fleeing to Sichuan during the An Lushan rebellion.
- The Tang army, led by Zhang Xun, wins the Battle of Yongqiu.
Births
Deaths
- July 15 — Yang Guozhong, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- December — Aistulf, king of the Lombards
- Emperor Shōmu, emperor of Japan (b. 701)
- Yang Guifei, consort of Emperor Xuanzong (executed)
- Gao Xianzhi, ethnic Korean general in service of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
- Feng Changqing
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