# 773

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Calendar year

This article is about the year 773.  For the number, see [773 (number)](/source/773_(number)).

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 750s 760s 770s 780s 790s Years 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 v t e

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

773 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 773 DCCLXXIII Ab urbe condita 1526 Armenian calendar 222 ԹՎ ՄԻԲ Assyrian calendar 5523 Balinese saka calendar 694–695 Bengali calendar 179–180 Berber calendar 1723 Buddhist calendar 1317 Burmese calendar 135 Byzantine calendar 6281–6282 Chinese calendar 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3470 or 3263 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3471 or 3264 Coptic calendar 489–490 Discordian calendar 1939 Ethiopian calendar 765–766 Hebrew calendar 4533–4534 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 829–830 - Shaka Samvat 694–695 - Kali Yuga 3873–3874 Holocene calendar 10773 Iranian calendar 151–152 Islamic calendar 156–157 Japanese calendar Hōki 4 (宝亀４年) Javanese calendar 667–669 Julian calendar 773 DCCLXXIII Korean calendar 3106 Minguo calendar 1139 before ROC 民前1139年 Nanakshahi calendar −695 Seleucid era 1084/1085 AG Thai solar calendar 1315–1316 Tibetan calendar ཆུ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Water-Rat) 899 or 518 or −254 — to — ཆུ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Water-Ox) 900 or 519 or −253

[Frankish](/source/Francia) cavalry (with [mail armour](/source/Mail_(armour)))

Year **773** (**[DCCLXXIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Friday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Friday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar), the 773rd year of the [Common Era](/source/Common_Era) (CE) and [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) (AD) designations, the 773rd year of the [1st millennium](/source/1st_millennium), the 73rd year of the [8th century](/source/8th_century), and the 4th year of the [770s](/source/770s) decade. The denomination 773 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

- Summer – King [Charlemagne](/source/Charlemagne) and his uncle [Bernard](/source/Bernard%2C_son_of_Charles_Martel), son of [Charles Martel](/source/Charles_Martel), cross the [Alps](/source/Alps) with a [Frankish](/source/Francia) expeditionary force at the request of [Pope Adrian I](/source/Pope_Adrian_I). At the foot of the mountains in the [Susa Valley](/source/Susa_Valley) (Northern [Italy](/source/Italy)), the [Franks](/source/Franks) are hindered by [Lombard](/source/Lombards) fortifications. After scouting, Charlemagne attacks the defenders from the flank, and forces the Lombards to flee to the fortified capital [Pavia](/source/Pavia).

- [Siege of Pavia](/source/Siege_of_Pavia_(773%E2%80%9374)#Siege): Charlemagne besieges Pavia, which is poorly stocked with food. King [Desiderius](/source/Desiderius) remains in the capital, and orders his son [Adalgis](/source/Adalgis) to defend [Verona](/source/Verona) to guard [Gerberga](/source/Gerberga%2C_wife_of_Carloman_I), and the children of [Carloman I](/source/Carloman_I). After a short siege, Adalgis flees to [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople), where he is received by Emperor [Constantine V](/source/Constantine_V). Meanwhile, the Franks capture the cities of Verona and [Mortara](/source/Mortara%2C_Lombardy).

- [Saxon Wars](/source/Saxon_Wars#First_phase): [Saxon](/source/Saxons) forces seize upon Charlemagne's preoccupation with Italy to retake [Eresburg](/source/Eresburg) and [Syburg](/source/Sigiburg) (near [Dortmund](/source/Dortmund)). They unsuccessfully attack the [episcopal](/source/Episcopal_see) centre of [Büraburg](/source/B%C3%BCraburg), which had been established by [St. Boniface](/source/Saint_Boniface) (see [723](/source/723)).[1]

#### Britain

- King [Alhred of Northumbria](/source/Alhred_of_Northumbria) makes overtures of friendship toward Charlemagne (approximate date).

#### Abbasid Caliphate

- The number [0](/source/0_(number)) is introduced to the city of [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), which will be developed in the [Middle East](/source/Middle_East) by Arabian [mathematicians](/source/Mathematician), who will base their numbers on the [Indian system](/source/Indian_system) (long after the [Maya culture](/source/Maya_civilization) developed the concept, cf. [Maya numerals](/source/Maya_numerals)).[2]

#### Asia

- King [Khongtekcha](/source/List_of_Meitei_kings) of [Manipur](/source/Manipur) (modern [India](/source/India)) dies after a 10-year reign; during his rule the [Meitei language](/source/Meitei_language) script first appears.[3]

### By topic

#### Ecology

- A large and sudden increase in [radiocarbon](/source/Carbon-14) (14C) occurs around 773, in [coral skeletons](/source/Coral_reef) from the [South China Sea](/source/South_China_Sea)[4] (see [774-775 carbon-14 spike](/source/774-775_carbon-14_spike)).

## Births

- [Duan Wenchang](/source/Duan_Wenchang), [chancellor of the Tang Dynasty](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty) (d. [835](/source/835))

- [Fujiwara no Otsugu](/source/Fujiwara_no_Otsugu), Japanese statesman (d. [843](/source/843))

- [Heizei](/source/Emperor_Heizei), emperor of [Japan](/source/Japan) (d. [824](/source/824))

- [Li Su](/source/Li_Su_(Tang_dynasty)), general of the Tang Dynasty (d. [821](/source/821))

- [Liu Zongyuan](/source/Liu_Zongyuan), Chinese [poet](/source/Chinese_poetry) and official (d. [819](/source/819))

- [Pepin of Italy](/source/Pepin_of_Italy), son of [Charlemagne](/source/Charlemagne) (d. [810](/source/810))

- [Peter of Atroa](/source/Peter_of_Atroa), Byzantine [abbot](/source/Abbot) and [saint](/source/Saint) (d. [837](/source/837))

- [Wei Chuhou](/source/Wei_Chuhou), chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. [829](/source/829))

## Deaths

- [June 11](/source/June_11) – [Li Miao](/source/Li_Miao_(Tang_dynasty)), Tang dynasty Chinese prince

- [Brochfael ap Elisedd](/source/Brochfael_ap_Elisedd), king of [Powys](/source/Kingdom_of_Powys) ([Wales](/source/Wales))

- [Donn Cothaid mac Cathail](/source/Donn_Cothaid_mac_Cathail), king of [Connacht](/source/Connacht) ([Ireland](/source/Ireland))[5]

- [Khongtekcha](/source/List_of_Meitei_kings), king of [Manipur](/source/Manipur) ([India](/source/India))

- [Rōben](/source/R%C5%8Dben), Japanese [Buddhist](/source/Buddhism_in_Japan) monk (b. [689](/source/689))

- [Xue Song](/source/Xue_Song), general of the [Yan](/source/Yan_(Anshi)) and Tang Dynasties

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 14. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-78200-825-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78200-825-5)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The History Of Zero"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160825124525/http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/zero.jsp). Yale Global. April 25, 2009. Archived from [the original](http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/zero.jsp) on August 25, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050411100908/http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/meitei.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/meitei.htm) on April 11, 2005. Retrieved September 11, 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Liu, Y; Zhang, ZF; Peng, ZC; Ling, MX; Shen, CC; Liu, WG; Sun, XC; Shen, CD; Liu, KX; Sun, W (2014). ["Mysterious abrupt carbon-14 increase in coral contributed by a comet"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893640). *Sci Rep*. **4**: 3728. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2014NatSR...4.3728L](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014NatSR...4.3728L). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1038/srep03728](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fsrep03728). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [3893640](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893640). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [24430984](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24430984).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** *The Chronology of the Irish Annals*, Daniel P. McCarthy

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