775 Explained
Year 775 (DCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 775 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
Europe
- Saxon Wars: King Charlemagne holds a major assembly at Quierzy (Northern France). He leads a Frankish army into Saxony to retake the castrum of Syburg (near Dortmund), then rebuilds and garrisons fortified Eresburg. He reaches the Weser at a place called Braunsberg, where the Saxons stand for battle, but are defeated when Frankish troops cross the river.[1]
- Westphalian Saxons, probably commanded by Widukind, cross the Weser and fight an inconclusive battle at Hlidbeck (modern-day Lübbecke). Charlemagne claims victory, but perhaps in reality suffers a setback. He reunites his forces and inflicts a real defeat upon the Saxons, seizing considerable booty and taking hostages, though Widukind escapes.[2]
- Autumn - Charlemagne retakes the Hellweg (main corridor) along the Lippe Valley, establishing communications between Austrasia, Hesse and Thuringia. It is used as a trade route under Frankish supervision.[3]
- The German city of Giessen (Hesse) is founded.
Africa
Arab Caliphate
- At around this time, Baghdad becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Chang'an, capital of China.[5]
Asia
- Tibet subdues her Himalayan neighbors, and concludes a boundary agreement with the Chinese Tang dynasty (approximate date).
- King Dharmapala begins his reign of Bengal (South Asia).[6]
By topic
Astronomy
Births
- Amalarius, archbishop of Trier (approximate date)
- Ebbo, archbishop of Reims (d. 851)
- Einhard, Frankish scholar (d. 840)
- Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu, Japanese general (d. 826)
- Hilduin, bishop of Paris (d. 840)
- Leo V, Byzantine emperor (d. 820)
- Rotrude, Frankish princess, daughter of Charlemagne (or 778)
- Tahir ibn Husayn, 9th-century Persian Abbasid governor (or 776)
- Theodosia, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
- Theophanes the Branded, Byzantine monk (d. 845)
- Wetti of Reichenau, German scholar (approximate date)
Deaths
Notes and References
- David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, pp. 14–15. .
- David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 15. .
- David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 12. .
- Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 26.
- Web site: Largest Cities Through History. About.com Geography. March 1, 2006. August 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm. dead.
- Bagchi, Jhunu (1993). The History and Culture of the Pālas of Bengal and Bihar, cir 750 A.D. - 1200 A.D. .
- Mysterious radiation burst recorded in tree rings. Nature News & Comment. 2012. 10.1038/nature.2012.10768. Lovett. Richard A.. 124800942.
- Brown and Ishida. Gukanshō, pp. 276–277; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 147–148; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).