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Calendar year

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 730s 740s 750s 760s 770s Years 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 v t e

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

756 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 756 DCCLVI Ab urbe condita 1509 Armenian calendar 205 ԹՎ ՄԵ Assyrian calendar 5506 Balinese saka calendar 677–678 Bengali calendar 162–163 Berber calendar 1706 Buddhist calendar 1300 Burmese calendar 118 Byzantine calendar 6264–6265 Chinese calendar 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3453 or 3246 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3454 or 3247 Coptic calendar 472–473 Discordian calendar 1922 Ethiopian calendar 748–749 Hebrew calendar 4516–4517 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 812–813 - Shaka Samvat 677–678 - Kali Yuga 3856–3857 Holocene calendar 10756 Iranian calendar 134–135 Islamic calendar 138–139 Japanese calendar Tenpyō-shōhō 8 (天平勝宝８年) Javanese calendar 650–651 Julian calendar 756 DCCLVI Korean calendar 3089 Minguo calendar 1156 before ROC 民前1156年 Nanakshahi calendar −712 Seleucid era 1067/1068 AG Thai solar calendar 1298–1299 Tibetan calendar ཤིང་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Sheep) 882 or 501 or −271 — to — མེ་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Monkey) 883 or 502 or −270

The [Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars](/source/Byzantine%E2%80%93Bulgarian_wars#Constantine_V's_wars) (741–775)

Year **756** (**[DCCLVI](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Thursday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Thursday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar), the 756th year of the [Common Era](/source/Common_Era) (CE) and [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) (AD) designations, the 756th year of the [1st millennium](/source/1st_millennium), the 56th year of the [8th century](/source/8th_century), and the 7th year of the [750s](/source/750s) decade. The denomination 756 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

- [Byzantine–Bulgarian War](/source/Byzantine%E2%80%93Bulgarian_wars#Constantine_V's_wars): Emperor [Constantine V](/source/Constantine_V) builds a series of [fortifications](/source/Fortification) along the Byzantine frontier on the [Danube](/source/Danube), and starts settling Christian [Armenians](/source/Armenians) and [Syrians](/source/Syria) in the [Thracesian Theme](/source/Thracesian_Theme). In response, [Kormisosh](/source/Kormisosh), ruler (*[khagan](/source/Khagan)*) of the [Bulgarian Empire](/source/First_Bulgarian_Empire), demands the payment of [tribute](/source/Tribute). Constantine refuses, and the [Bulgars](/source/Bulgars) raid into Thrace, reaching the [Anastasian Wall](/source/Anastasian_Wall) stretching between the [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea) and the [Sea of Marmara](/source/Sea_of_Marmara) (near the [outskirts](/source/Rural%E2%80%93urban_fringe) of [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople)).

- [Battle of Marcellae](/source/Battle_of_Marcellae_(756)): Constantine V sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (500 ships and 6,000 [cavalry](/source/Cavalry)) to [Thrace](/source/Thrace), and defeats the Bulgars around the [Danube Delta](/source/Danube_Delta) and near the fortress city of [Markeli](/source/Markeli) (modern [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)). Kormisosh is forced to accept a [peace treaty](/source/Peace_treaty), and confirms the existing frontier.[1] Due to the constant political crisis, the Bulgarian Empire is on the verge of destruction. Kormisosh is deposed during a palace [coup](/source/Coup_d'%C3%A9tat) and succeeded by [Vinekh](/source/Vinekh), a member of the [Vokil](/source/Vokil) clan.

#### Europe

- King [Aistulf](/source/Aistulf) of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards) again threatens Rome with a view to making it his capital, but the [Franks](/source/Francia) under [Pepin III](/source/Pepin_the_Short) ("the Short") arrives with his sons [Charles](/source/Charlemagne) and [Carloman](/source/Carloman_I), defeats Aistulf, and confers the [Donation of Pepin](/source/Donation_of_Pepin), which establishes the [Papal States](/source/Papal_States) (including the lands of [Ravenna](/source/Ravenna) and the [Pentapolis](/source/Pentapolis)). Pepin has taken territory that legally belongs to the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire); he gives it to [Pope Stephen II](/source/Pope_Stephen_II).

- Aistulf dies in a hunting accident, and is succeeded by [Desiderius](/source/Desiderius) as king of the Lombards.[2] Ex-king [Ratchis](/source/Ratchis) attempts unsuccessfully to seize the throne, but is opposed by Stephen II.

- [Galla Gaulo](/source/Galla_Gaulo) is deposed, blinded and exiled. He is succeeded by [Domenico Monegario](/source/Domenico_Monegario) as the sixth [doge of Venice](/source/Doge_of_Venice). During his reign Venetian maritime traders become increasingly active.

- May – Prince [Abd al-Rahman I](/source/Abd_al-Rahman_I) and his followers capture the city of [Seville](/source/Seville) without violence. He defeats [Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri](/source/Yusuf_ibn_'Abd_al-Rahman_al-Fihri) in a battle for control of the Muslim-ruled parts of the [Iberian Peninsula](/source/Iberian_Peninsula) ([al-Andalus](/source/Al-Andalus)). Abd al-Rahman establishes the [Emirate of Córdoba](/source/Emirate_of_C%C3%B3rdoba). During his reign trade and [culture](/source/Islamic_culture) flourish, along with the construction of [Islamic architecture](/source/Islamic_architecture) (including the [Great Mosque of Córdoba](/source/Mosque%E2%80%93Cathedral_of_C%C3%B3rdoba)).

#### Britain

- Battle of Newanbirig: Kings [Óengus I](/source/%C3%93engus_I) of the [Picts](/source/Picts) and [Eadberht of Northumbria](/source/Eadberht_of_Northumbria) attack King [Dumnagual III](/source/Dumnagual_III_of_Alt_Clut) of [Strathclyde](/source/Kingdom_of_Strathclyde), at [Dumbarton Castle](/source/Dumbarton_Castle) (modern [Scotland](/source/Scotland)). However, Eadberht's entire force is subsequently wiped out, probably by the [Britons](/source/Celtic_Britons).

- King [Cuthred of Wessex](/source/Cuthred_of_Wessex) dies after a 16-year reign. He is succeeded by his distant kinsman [Sigeberht](/source/Sigeberht_of_Wessex).

#### Abbasid Caliphate

- [Ibn al-Muqaffa'](/source/Ibn_al-Muqaffa'), Muslim writer and thinker, is tortured at [Basra](/source/Basra) (modern [Iraq](/source/Iraq)), on orders from Caliph [al-Mansur](/source/Al-Mansur). His limbs are severed and he is thrown, still alive, into a burning oven (approximate date).

#### Chinese Empire

- [January 18](/source/January_18)[3] – [An Lushan Rebellion](/source/An_Lushan_Rebellion): The eastern capital of [Luoyang](/source/Luoyang) falls to the 200,000-strong army of the rebel general [An Lushan](/source/An_Lushan), who defeats loyalist forces under [Feng Changqing](/source/Feng_Changqing). The rebels cross the [Yellow River](/source/Yellow_River), and march on to capture the cities [Chenliu](/source/Chenliu) and Yingyang (modern [Zhengzhou](/source/Zhengzhou), [Henan](/source/Henan)).

- [Battle of Yongqiu](/source/Battle_of_Yongqiu): A [Tang](/source/Tang_dynasty) garrison (2,000 men), under [Zhang Xun](/source/Zhang_Xun_(Tang_dynasty)), successfully defend their fortress against the rebel army at [Yongqiu](/source/Qi_County%2C_Kaifeng). Zhang achieves a victory after a 4-month [siege](/source/Siege), and prevents the rebels from capturing the fertile Tang territory south of the [Huai River](/source/Huai_River).

- [February 5](/source/February_5) – An Lushan declares himself emperor at Luoyang, establishing a new empire, called the [Great Yan](/source/Yan_(An%E2%80%93Shi)). He pushes on towards the primary Tang capital at [Chang'an](/source/Chang'an) (now [Xi'an](/source/Xi'an)). An decides to seize southern China, to cut off loyalist reinforcements. Meanwhile, numerous soldiers join the rebellion.

- May – Emperor [Xuan Zong](/source/Emperor_Xuanzong_of_Tang) hires 4,000 Muslim [mercenaries](/source/Mercenary) to help defend Chang'an against the rebels. Loyalist forces take defensible positions in the mountain passes, but chancellor [Yang Guozhong](/source/Yang_Guozhong) gives orders for them to leave their posts.

- [July 7](/source/July_7)[4][note 1]– An Lushan crushes the Tang troops at the [Tong Pass](/source/Tong_Pass), leaving the road to the capital wide open.

- [July 14](/source/July_14) – Xuan Zong flees the capital of Chang'an (along with the [imperial court](/source/Court_(royal))) for [Sichuan](/source/Sichuan), as rebel forces advance through the [Tongguan](/source/Tongguan_County) Pass toward the city. Meanwhile, An Lushan is ailing, perhaps with [diabetes](/source/Diabetes_mellitus). He is nearly blind and suffers from extreme [irascibility](/source/Irritation).

- [July 15](/source/July_15) – Xuan Zong is ordered by his [Imperial Guards](/source/Imperial_Guards_(Tang_dynasty)) to execute Yang Guozhong, by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. He permits his consort [Yang Guifei](/source/Yang_Guifei) to be strangled by his chief [eunuch](/source/Eunuch). An Lushan also has other members of the emperor's family killed.

- [August 12](/source/August_12) – Xuan Zong abdicates the throne after a 44-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [Su Zong](/source/Emperor_Suzong_of_Tang), as emperor of the [Tang Dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty). He hires 22,000 Muslim mercenaries to reinforce his decimated army at [Lingzhou](/source/Lingwu).

- [November 19](/source/November_19)[7] – Tang General [Fang Guan](/source/Fang_Guan) is defeated at [Xianyang](/source/Xianyang). The imperial forces consisted of two thousand oxcarts with cavalry and foot soldiers on two fronts, but the rebels took advantage of their upwind position and attacked with fire. Imperial forces killed or wounded numbered more than 40,000 men.

#### Japan

- [June 4](/source/June_4) – [Emperor Shōmu](/source/Emperor_Sh%C5%8Dmu) (retired since [749](/source/749)) dies at [Nara](/source/Nara%2C_Nara). His wife [Kōmyō](/source/Empress_K%C5%8Dmy%C5%8D) dedicates over 600 items to the [Great Buddha](/source/Daibutsu), and donates large sums of money to the [Shōsō-in treasure](/source/Sh%C5%8Ds%C5%8Din) ([storehouse](/source/Warehouse)) in [Tōdai-ji](/source/T%C5%8Ddai-ji).

## Births

- [Abo of Tiflis](/source/Abo_of_Tiflis), Christian [martyr](/source/Martyr) (approximate date)

- [Abu Nuwas](/source/Abu_Nuwas), Muslim poet (d. [814](/source/814))

- [Fujiwara no Uchimaro](/source/Fujiwara_no_Uchimaro), Japanese nobleman (d. [812](/source/812))

- [Hisham I](/source/Hisham_I_of_C%C3%B3rdoba), Muslim [emir](/source/Emir) of [Córdoba](/source/Emirate_of_C%C3%B3rdoba) (d. [796](/source/796))

- [Ibrahim I](/source/Ibrahim_I_ibn_al-Aghlab), Muslim emir of the [Aghlabids](/source/Aghlabids) (d. 812)

- [Ismail ibn Ibrahim](/source/Ismail_ibn_Ibrahim), Muslim scholar (d. [810](/source/810))

- [Li Yijian](/source/Li_Yijian), [chancellor of the Tang Dynasty](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty) (d. [822](/source/822))

- [Nikephoros](/source/Nikephoros_(Caesar)), son of [Constantine V](/source/Constantine_V) (or [758](/source/758))

## Deaths

- [June 4](/source/June_4) – [Shōmu](/source/Emperor_Sh%C5%8Dmu), emperor of [Japan](/source/Japan) (b. [701](/source/701))

- [July 15](/source/July_15) – [Yang Guifei](/source/Yang_Guifei), consort of [Xuan Zong](/source/Emperor_Xuanzong_of_Tang) (b. [719](/source/719))

- [Aistulf](/source/Aistulf), duke of [Friuli](/source/Friuli) and king of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards)

- [Cuthred](/source/Cuthred_of_Wessex), king of [Wessex](/source/Wessex) (approximate date)

- [Dantidurga](/source/Dantidurga), founder of the [Rashtrakuta Empire](/source/Rashtrakuta_dynasty) (b. [735](/source/735))

- [Feng Changqing](/source/Feng_Changqing), general of the Tang Dynasty

- [Forggus mac Cellaig](/source/Forggus_mac_Cellaig), king of [Connacht](/source/Connacht) ([Ireland](/source/Ireland))

- [Gao Xianzhi](/source/Gao_Xianzhi), general of the Tang Dynasty

- [Ibn al-Muqaffa'](/source/Ibn_al-Muqaffa'), Muslim writer (approximate date)

- [Isaac I of Antioch](/source/Isaac_I_of_Antioch), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.[8]

- [Wang Changling](/source/Wang_Changling), Chinese poet and official (b. [698](/source/698))

- [Yang Guozhong](/source/Yang_Guozhong), chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Others date it on July 9[5][6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Runciman S., *A History of the First Bulgarian Empire*, London G.Bell & Sons, 1930, pp. 37, 289.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lawler, Jennifer (May 20, 2015). [*Encyclopedia of the Byzantine Empire*](https://books.google.com/books?id=sEWeCQAAQBAJ&q=king+aistulf+death&pg=PA238). McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4766-0929-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-0929-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Ju-n̂eng Yao, Robert baron Des Rotours (1962). [*Histoire de Ngan Lou-chan*](https://books.google.com/books?id=W0vRAAAAMAAJ&q=janvier). p. 26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Graff, David. [*Fang Guan's Chariots: Scholarship, War, and Character Assassination in the MiddleTang*](https://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/file/1387vhenQek.pdf) (PDF). p. 1.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Charles D. Benn [*Daily life in traditional China : the Tang dynasty*](https://books.google.com/books?id=emPuDu97qbkC&pg=PA10) Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-313-30955-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-30955-7)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Ju-n̂eng Yao, Robert baron Des Rotours (1962). [*Histoire de Ngan Lou-chan*](https://books.google.com/books?id=W0vRAAAAMAAJ&q=9+juillet). p. 26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Graff, David. [*Fang Guan's Chariots: Scholarship, War, and Character Assassination in the MiddleTang*](https://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/file/1387vhenQek.pdf) (PDF). p. 2.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Palmer, Andrew (1990). [*Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur Abdin*](https://archive.org/details/PalmerMonkAndMasonOnTheTigrisFrontier). Cambridge University Press. p. 192. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

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