Year 763 ( DCCLXIII ) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . The denomination 763 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 [ edit ]

By place [ edit ]

Byzantine Empire [ edit ]

• June – Battle of Anchialus : Emperor Constantine V sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (800 ships and 9,600 cavalry ) to Thrace , to defend the fortress city of Anchialus on the Black Sea Coast . Meanwhile, Telets , ruler ( khagan ) of the Bulgarian Empire , blocks the mountain passes and takes positions on the heights near Anchialus. During a desperate cavalry charge , the Bulgars are defeated and many are captured; Telets manages to escape. Constantine enters Constantinople in triumph, and kills all the prisoners.

Europe [ edit ]

• August – Byzantine troops invade the Papal States , in alliance with King Desiderius of the Lombards . King Pepin III ("the Short") intervenes, and begins negotiations between the Lombards and Pope Paul I . Desiderius promises to end the hostilities, but on condition that Pepin sends back Lombard hostages held by the Franks . ^[1]

Britain [ edit ]

• Ciniod I succeeds Bridei V , as king of the Picts (modern Scotland ).

Abbasid Caliphate [ edit ]

• In 763 Al-Mansur sent his troops to conquer Al-Andalus for the Abbasid empire . But the ruler Abd al-Rahman I successfully defended his territory. Al-Mansur withdrew and thereafter focused his troops on holding the eastern part of his empire on lands that were once part of Persia. ^[2]
• January 21 – Battle of Bakhamra : The Abbasid army under Isa ibn Musa defeats the Alids , and puts an end to their rebellion. The power of the Abbasid dynasty is consolidated.

Asia [ edit ]

• February 17 – An Lushan Rebellion : Emperor Shi Chaoyi hangs himself to avoid being captured by Tang troops sent by the renegade Li Huaixian , ending the 7-year rebellion against the Tang dynasty in China .
• November 18 – Forces of the Tibetan Empire , under Trisong Detsen , occupy the Tang capital of Chang'an (modern Xi'an ) for 15 days, and install a puppet emperor. ^[3] Tibetans take over the horse pastures.

Central America [ edit ]

• July 2 – Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat ("Rising Sun") becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Copan in Honduras after the death of K?ak? Yipyaj Chan K?awiil , who had reigned since 749. Yax Pasaj reigns until 810 .

Births [ edit ]

• Haito , bishop of Basel
• Harun al-Rashid , Muslim caliph (or 766 )
• Wang , empress of the Tang dynasty (d. 816 )

Deaths [ edit ]

• November 20 – Domnall Midi , High King of Ireland
• Bridei V , king of the Picts
• Fang Guan , chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 697 )
• Jianzhen , Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 688 )
• Shi Chaoyi , emperor of the Yan (Anshi) state
• Wei Jiansu , chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 687 )

References [ edit ]