# 763 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/763 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/763.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/763 > Source revision: 1340847735 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Calendar year Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 740s 750s 760s 770s 780s Years 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 v t e 763 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments Disestablishments v t e 763 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 763 DCCLXIII Ab urbe condita 1516 Armenian calendar 212 ԹՎ ՄԺԲ Assyrian calendar 5513 Balinese saka calendar 684–685 Bengali calendar 169–170 Berber calendar 1713 Buddhist calendar 1307 Burmese calendar 125 Byzantine calendar 6271–6272 Chinese calendar 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3460 or 3253 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3461 or 3254 Coptic calendar 479–480 Discordian calendar 1929 Ethiopian calendar 755–756 Hebrew calendar 4523–4524 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 819–820 - Shaka Samvat 684–685 - Kali Yuga 3863–3864 Holocene calendar 10763 Iranian calendar 141–142 Islamic calendar 145–146 Japanese calendar Tenpyō-hōji 7 (天平宝字７年) Javanese calendar 657–658 Julian calendar 763 DCCLXIII Korean calendar 3096 Minguo calendar 1149 before ROC 民前1149年 Nanakshahi calendar −705 Seleucid era 1074/1075 AG Thai solar calendar 1305–1306 Tibetan calendar ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Water-Tiger) 889 or 508 or −264 — to — ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Water-Hare) 890 or 509 or −263 Year **763** (**[DCCLXIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Saturday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Saturday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 763 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) – [Battle of Anchialus](/source/Battle_of_Anchialus_(763)): Emperor [Constantine V](/source/Constantine_V) sends a [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) expeditionary force (800 ships and 9,600 [cavalry](/source/Cavalry)) to [Thrace](/source/Thrace), to defend the fortress city of [Anchialus](/source/Pomorie) on the [Black Sea Coast](/source/Bulgarian_Black_Sea_Coast). Meanwhile, [Telets](/source/Telets_of_Bulgaria), ruler (*[khagan](/source/Khagan)*) of the [Bulgarian Empire](/source/First_Bulgarian_Empire), blocks the [mountain passes](/source/Balkan_Mountains) and takes positions on the heights near Anchialus. During a desperate [cavalry charge](/source/Charge_(warfare)#Cavalry_charges), the [Bulgars](/source/Bulgars) are defeated and many are captured; Telets manages to escape. Constantine enters [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople) in triumph, and kills all the prisoners. #### Europe - [August](/source/August) – Byzantine troops invade the [Papal States](/source/Papal_States), in alliance with King [Desiderius](/source/Desiderius) of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards). King [Pepin III ("the Short")](/source/Pepin_the_Short) intervenes, and begins negotiations between the Lombards and [Pope Paul I](/source/Pope_Paul_I). Desiderius promises to end the hostilities, but on condition that Pepin sends back Lombard [hostages](/source/Hostage) held by the [Franks](/source/Francia).[1] #### Britain - [Ciniod I](/source/Ciniod_I) succeeds [Bridei V](/source/Bridei_V_of_the_Picts), as king of the [Picts](/source/Picts) (modern [Scotland](/source/Scotland)). #### Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid Caliphate under [Al-Mansur](/source/Al-Mansur) (r. 754–775) in black and [Emirate of Córdoba](/source/Emirate_of_C%C3%B3rdoba) in white - In 763 Al-Mansur sent his troops to conquer [Al-Andalus](/source/Al-Andalus) for the [Abbasid empire](/source/Abbasid_empire). But the ruler [Abd al-Rahman I](/source/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](/source/January_21) – [Battle of Bakhamra](/source/Alid_Revolt_(762%E2%80%93763)#Ibrahim's_uprising_in_Basra): The Abbasid army under [Isa ibn Musa](/source/Isa_ibn_Musa) defeats the [Alids](/source/Alids), and puts an end to their rebellion. The power of the [Abbasid dynasty](/source/Abbasid_Caliphate) is consolidated. #### Asia - [February 17](/source/February_17) – [An Lushan Rebellion](/source/An_Lushan_Rebellion): Emperor [Shi Chaoyi](/source/Shi_Chaoyi) hangs himself to avoid being captured by Tang troops sent by the renegade [Li Huaixian](/source/Li_Huaixian), ending the 7-year rebellion against the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) in [China](/source/China). - [November 18](/source/November_18) – Forces of the [Tibetan Empire](/source/Tibetan_Empire), under [Trisong Detsen](/source/Trisong_Detsen), occupy the Tang capital of [Chang'an](/source/Chang'an) (modern [Xi'an](/source/Xi'an)) for 15 days, and install a puppet emperor.[3] Tibetans take over the [horse](/source/Horse) pastures. #### Central America - [July 2](/source/July_2) – [Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat](/source/Yax_Pasaj_Chan_Yopaat) ("Rising Sun") becomes the new [ruler of the Mayan city state](/source/Maya_rulers) of [Copán](/source/Cop%C3%A1n) in [Honduras](/source/Honduras) after the death of [Kʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil](/source/K%CA%BCak%CA%BC_Yipyaj_Chan_K%CA%BCawiil), who had reigned since 749. Yax Pasaj reigns until [810](/source/810). ## Births - [Haito](/source/Haito), bishop of [Basel](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Basel) - [Harun al-Rashid](/source/Harun_al-Rashid), Muslim [caliph](/source/Caliph) (or [766](/source/766)) - [Wang](/source/Empress_Dowager_Wang_(Xianzong)), empress of the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) (d. [816](/source/816)) ## Deaths - [November 20](/source/November_20) – [Domnall Midi](/source/Domnall_Midi), [High King of Ireland](/source/High_King_of_Ireland) - [Bridei V](/source/Bridei_V), king of the [Picts](/source/Picts) - [Fang Guan](/source/Fang_Guan), [chancellor of the Tang dynasty](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty) (b. [697](/source/697)) - [Jianzhen](/source/Jianzhen), Chinese [Buddhist](/source/Buddhism) monk (b. [688](/source/688)) - [Shi Chaoyi](/source/Shi_Chaoyi), emperor of the [Yan (Anshi)](/source/Yan_(Anshi)) state - [Wei Jiansu](/source/Wei_Jiansu), chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. [687](/source/687)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-kirsch_1-0)** ["CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Paul I"](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11577a.htm). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Wise Bauer, Susan (2010). *The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade*. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 369. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780393078176](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780393078176). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Beckwith 1987, p. 146 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [763](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/763) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/763?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.