| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 720s 730s 740s – 750s – 760s 770s 780s |
| Years: | 756 757 758 – 759 – 760 761 762 |
| 759 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 759 DCCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1512 |
| Armenian calendar | 208 ԹՎ ՄԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1085 – -1084 |
| Berber calendar | 1709 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1303 |
| Burmese calendar | 121 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6267 – 6268 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十一月廿七日 (3395/3455-11-27) — to —
己亥年十二月初八日(3396/3456-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 475 – 476 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 751 – 752 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4519 – 4520 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 814 – 815 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 681 – 682 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3860 – 3861 |
| Holocene calendar | 10759 |
| Iranian calendar | 137 – 138 |
| Islamic calendar | 141 – 142 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3092 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1302 |
Contents |
Events
By place
Europe
- The Franks capture Narbonne; the Saracens are completely driven out of France.
- Battle of the Rishki Pass: Byzantine Emperor Constantine V invades Bulgaria again, but this time his army is ambushed in the mountain passes of the Stara Planina.
Asia
- Japanese poet Otomo no Yakamochi compiles the first Japanese poetry anthology, Man'yōshū.
By topic
Religion
- Saint Bregwin is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
- The Tōshōdai-ji Buddhist Temple is founded in Nara, Japan.
Births
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