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This article is about the year 775. For the number, see 775 (number). For other uses, see 775 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 740s 750s 760s – 770s – 780s 790s 800s |
| Years: | 772 773 774 – 775 – 776 777 778 |
| 775 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 775 DCCLXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1528 |
| Armenian calendar | 224 ԹՎ ՄԻԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5525 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1069–-1068 |
| Bengali calendar | 182 |
| Berber calendar | 1725 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1319 |
| Burmese calendar | 137 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6283–6284 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年十一月廿五日 (3411/3471-11-25) — to —
乙卯年十二月初五日(3412/3472-12-5) |
| Coptic calendar | 491–492 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 767–768 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4535–4536 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 831–832 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 697–698 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3876–3877 |
| Holocene calendar | 10775 |
| Iranian calendar | 153–154 |
| Islamic calendar | 158–159 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3108 |
| Minguo calendar | 1137 before ROC 民前1137年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1318 |
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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
Africa
- Andalusian merchants set up an emporium on the Maghribi coast at Ténès. It is an early evidence of the revival of the maritime trade in the Western Mediterranean after the chaos of the 8th century.[1]
Asia
- Estimation: Baghdad, capital of the Abbasid Empire, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Chang'an, capital of China.[2]
- In East Central Chang'an, a Uyghur Turk stabs a man to death in broad daylight in the East Market before being arrested in the marketplace shortly after. However, his Uyghur chieftain named Chixin (赤心) or Red Heart breaks into the county prison and frees the murderous culprit, wounding several Chinese wardens in the process.[citation needed]
- Dharampala begins his reign of Bengal.
- Al-Mahdi becomes the third Abbasid Caliph.
Byzantine Empire
- Leo IV succeeds Constantine V as Byzantine Emperor.
Europe
- Alpin II succeeds Ciniod I as king of the Picts.
- Charlemagne begins his campaign into Westphalia.
- The German city of Gießen is formed.
Births
Deaths
- Al-Mansur, second Abbasid caliph (b. 712)
- Ciniod I of the Picts
- September 14 – Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor
References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.26.
- ^ Geography at about.com
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