# 771

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Calendar year

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 750s 760s 770s 780s 790s Years 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 v t e

771 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e

771 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 771 DCCLXXI Ab urbe condita 1524 Armenian calendar 220 ԹՎ ՄԻ Assyrian calendar 5521 Balinese saka calendar 692–693 Bengali calendar 177–178 Berber calendar 1721 Buddhist calendar 1315 Burmese calendar 133 Byzantine calendar 6279–6280 Chinese calendar 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3468 or 3261 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3469 or 3262 Coptic calendar 487–488 Discordian calendar 1937 Ethiopian calendar 763–764 Hebrew calendar 4531–4532 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 827–828 - Shaka Samvat 692–693 - Kali Yuga 3871–3872 Holocene calendar 10771 Iranian calendar 149–150 Islamic calendar 154–155 Japanese calendar Hōki 2 (宝亀２年) Javanese calendar 665–666 Julian calendar 771 DCCLXXI Korean calendar 3104 Minguo calendar 1141 before ROC 民前1141年 Nanakshahi calendar −697 Seleucid era 1082/1083 AG Thai solar calendar 1313–1314 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Iron-Dog) 897 or 516 or −256 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Iron-Boar) 898 or 517 or −255

Coin of [Charlemagne](/source/Charlemagne) (*Carolus Magnus*)

The year **771** (**[DCCLXXI](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Tuesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 771 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

#### Europe

- [December 4](/source/December_4) – King [Carloman I](/source/Carloman_I), youngest son of [Pepin III ("the Short")](/source/Pepin_the_Short), dies (of a severe [nosebleed](/source/Nosebleed), according to one source)[1] at the Villa of [Samoussy](/source/Samoussy), leaving his brother [Charlemagne](/source/Charlemagne) sole ruler of the now reunified [Frankish Kingdom](/source/Francia). [Gerberga](/source/Gerberga%2C_wife_of_Carloman_I), the widow of Carloman, flees with her two sons to the court of King [Desiderius](/source/Desiderius) of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards), at [Pavia](/source/Pavia).

- Charlemagne repudiates his Lombard wife [Desiderata](/source/Desiderata_of_the_Lombards), daughter of Desiderius, after one year of [marriage](/source/Marriage). He marries the 13-year-old [Swabian](/source/Swabia) girl [Hildegard](/source/Hildegard_(queen)), who will bear him nine children. Desiderius, furious at Charlemagne, plans a punitive campaign against the [Franks](/source/Franks) and [Rome](/source/Rome).

- King [Offa of Mercia](/source/Offa_of_Mercia) defeats the [Haestingas](/source/Haestingas), and joins their little region to his sub-kingdom of [Sussex](/source/Kingdom_of_Sussex).[2]

#### Americas

- [January 24](/source/January_24) – [Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat](/source/K%CA%BCak%CA%BC_Tiliw_Chan_Yopaat) dedicates a 65-ton [stele](/source/Stele), the largest stone known to be quarried by the [Maya civilization](/source/Maya_civilization), at his city of [Quiriguá](/source/Quirigu%C3%A1).

## Births

- [Al-Hakam I](/source/Al-Hakam_I), Muslim [emir](/source/Emir) of [Córdoba](/source/Emirate_of_C%C3%B3rdoba) (d. [822](/source/822))

- [Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi](/source/Ubaydallah_ibn_al-Mahdi), Abbasid prince and politician (d. 810)

- [Constantine VI](/source/Constantine_VI), emperor of the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire) (d. [797](/source/797))

## Deaths

- [December 4](/source/December_4) – [Carloman I](/source/Carloman_I), king of the [Franks](/source/Franks) (b. [751](/source/751))

- [Coirpre mac Fogartaig](/source/Coirpre_mac_Fogartaig), king of [Brega](/source/Kings_of_Brega) ([Ireland](/source/Ireland))

- [Fujiwara no Nagate](/source/Fujiwara_no_Nagate), Japanese [nobleman](/source/Nobility) (b. [714](/source/714))

- Approximate date – [Amir Kror Suri](/source/Amir_Kror_Suri), also known as Jahan Pahlawan, [legendary](/source/Legend) character in Pashtun history

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Story, Joanna. "Cathwulf, Kingship, and the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis". *Speculum*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Symeon of Durham](/source/Symeon_of_Durham). "Ch. 47". *Historia Regum*. p. 450.

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