# 751

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Calendar year

This article is about the year 751.  For the number, see [751 (number)](/source/751_(number)).

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 730s 740s 750s 760s 770s Years 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 v t e

751 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments Disestablishments v t e

751 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 751 DCCLI Ab urbe condita 1504 Armenian calendar 200 ԹՎ Մ Assyrian calendar 5501 Balinese saka calendar 672–673 Bengali calendar 157–158 Berber calendar 1701 Buddhist calendar 1295 Burmese calendar 113 Byzantine calendar 6259–6260 Chinese calendar 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3448 or 3241 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3449 or 3242 Coptic calendar 467–468 Discordian calendar 1917 Ethiopian calendar 743–744 Hebrew calendar 4511–4512 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 807–808 - Shaka Samvat 672–673 - Kali Yuga 3851–3852 Holocene calendar 10751 Iranian calendar 129–130 Islamic calendar 133–134 Japanese calendar Tenpyō-shōhō 3 (天平勝宝３年) Javanese calendar 645–646 Julian calendar 751 DCCLI Korean calendar 3084 Minguo calendar 1161 before ROC 民前1161年 Nanakshahi calendar −717 Seleucid era 1062/1063 AG Thai solar calendar 1293–1294 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Iron-Tiger) 877 or 496 or −276 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Iron-Hare) 878 or 497 or −275

King [Pepin III (the Short)](/source/Pepin_the_Short) (714-768; reigned 751–768).

Year **751** (**[DCCLI](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Friday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Friday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 751 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Byzantine Empire

- [June](/source/June) – [Leo IV](/source/Leo_IV_the_Khazar), son of Emperor [Constantine V](/source/Constantine_V), is crowned co-emperor at [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople). Only a year or so after his mother [Irene](/source/Tzitzak) died, Constantine's second wife [Maria](/source/Maria%2C_wife_of_Constantine_V) dies, at approximately the same time as Leo's [coronation](/source/Coronation).

#### Europe

- [November](/source/November) – [Pepin the Short](/source/Pepin_the_Short), youngest son of [Charles Martel](/source/Charles_Martel), forces the last [Merovingian](/source/Merovingian) king [Childeric III](/source/Childeric_III) to retire to the [monastery of Saint-Bertin](/source/Abbey_of_Saint_Bertin). He proclaims himself as [king of the Franks](/source/List_of_Frankish_kings#Later_Kings_of_the_Franks_(679–751)) with the support of [Pope Zachary](/source/Pope_Zachary), and is crowned at [Soissons](/source/Soissons) by [Boniface](/source/Saint_Boniface), bishop of [Mainz](/source/Mainz), becoming, as Pepin III, the first [Carolingian](/source/Carolingian_dynasty) monarch of the [Frankish Kingdom](/source/Francia).[1]

- King [Aistulf](/source/Aistulf) of the [Lombards](/source/Kingdom_of_the_Lombards) captures [Ravenna](/source/Ravenna) and the [Romagna](/source/Romagna), ending the Byzantine [Exarchate of Ravenna](/source/Exarchate_of_Ravenna). The last exarch [Eutychius](/source/Eutychius_(exarch)) is killed by the Lombards. Aistulf threatens [Rome](/source/Rome), claiming a [capitation tax](/source/Tax_per_head). [Pope Zachary](/source/Pope_Zachary), alarmed, appeals for aid from the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire), but his request is declined.

#### Abbasid Caliphate

- [Battle of Talas](/source/Battle_of_Talas): First recorded encounter (and the last) between Arab and Chinese forces. The rulers of [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent) and [Ferghana](/source/Ferghana) are both nominal [vassals](/source/Vassal) of the [Tang Dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty); the Chinese have intervened on behalf of Ferghana in a conflict between the two; the [Abbasid Caliphate](/source/Abbasid_Caliphate), competing with the Chinese for control of [Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia), has become involved. Arab forces from [Samarkand](/source/Samarkand) have marched to challenge a Chinese army (30,000 men) under [Gao Xianzhi](/source/Gao_Xianzhi). Gao has had a series of military victories in the region, but his [Turkish](/source/Turkish_people) contingent, [Karluk](/source/Karluks) mercenaries, defects. Out of 10,000 Tang troops, only 2,000 manage to return from the [Talas River](/source/Talas_River) to [China](/source/China). The Arabs triumph, and they will remain the dominant force in [Transoxiana](/source/Transoxiana) for the next 150 years.

- [Muslim](/source/Muslim) introduction of [papermaking](/source/Papermaking): The first [paper mill](/source/Paper_mill) in the [Islamic world](/source/Muslim_world) begins production at Samarkand. Captured craftsmen, taken at the Battle of Talas River, have by some accounts revealed the technique of papermaking (although [paper](/source/History_of_paper) may have arrived from China much earlier via the [Silk Road](/source/Silk_Road)). Arab scholars will use paper to produce translations of [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) and Roman writings.

#### Asia

- Like the storm of [721](/source/721), the [storm](/source/Storm) of this year at the southern Chinese seaport of [Yangzhou](/source/Yangzhou) reportedly destroys over 1,000 ships engaged in canal and river traffic (approximate date).

- The Japanese [poetry](/source/Poetry) anthology *[Kaifūsō](/source/Kaif%C5%ABs%C5%8D)* is assembled.

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Kim Daeseong](/source/Kim_Daeseong), chief minister of [Silla](/source/Silla), orders the construction of the [Bulguksa](/source/Bulguksa) and [Seokguram](/source/Seokguram) temples at [Gyeongju](/source/Gyeongju) ([South Korea](/source/South_Korea)).

- The oldest surviving printed document, a [Buddhist](/source/Buddhism) scripture, is printed in [Korea](/source/Goryo).

- Theodore succeeds Theophylact as [Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch](/source/List_of_Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchs_of_Antioch).

- The [Great Buddha](/source/Vairocana) at [Tōdai-ji](/source/T%C5%8Ddai-ji) in [Nara](/source/Nara%2C_Nara) ([Japan](/source/Japan)) is completed.

## Births

- [June 28](/source/June_28) – [Carloman I](/source/Carloman_I), king of the [Franks](/source/Franks) (d. [771](/source/771))

- [Adalard of Corbie](/source/Adalard_of_Corbie), Frankish [abbot](/source/Abbot) (approximate date)

- [Meng Jiao](/source/Meng_Jiao), Chinese [poet](/source/Chinese_poetry) (d. [814](/source/814))

## Deaths

- June – [Maria](/source/Maria%2C_wife_of_Constantine_V), Byzantine empress

- [Childebrand I](/source/Childebrand_I), duke of [Burgundy](/source/Kingdom_of_Burgundy) (b. [678](/source/678))

- [Eutychius](/source/Eutychius_(exarch)), Byzantine [exarch](/source/Exarch) of [Ravenna](/source/Exarchate_of_Ravenna)

- [Fergus mac Fogartaig](/source/Fergus_mac_Fogartaig), king of [Brega](/source/Kings_of_Brega) ([Ireland](/source/Ireland))

- [Gisulf II](/source/Gisulf_II_of_Benevento), duke of [Benevento](/source/Duchy_of_Benevento) (approximate date)

- [Mansur ibn Jumhur al-Kalbi](/source/Mansur_ibn_Jumhur_al-Kalbi), Arab governor of [Sindh](/source/Sindh)

- [Taki](/source/Princess_Taki), Japanese princess and [Saiō](/source/Sai%C5%8D)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Riché, Pierre (1993). *The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe*. Philadelphia. p. 65.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

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