AD 767

"767 (year)" redirects here. For the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar, see 767 BC.

Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 7th century
* 8th century
* 9th century

Decades:  |

* 740s
* 750s
* 760s
* 770s
* 780s

Years:  |

* 764
* 765
* 766
* 767
* 768
* 769
* 770

AD 767 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Categories

* Births
* Deaths
* Establishments

767 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 767
DCCLXVII

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Ab urbe condita| 1520
Armenian calendar| 216
ԹՎ ՄԺԶ
Assyrian calendar| 5517
Balinese saka calendar| 688–689
Bengali calendar| 174
Berber calendar| 1717
Buddhist calendar| 1311
Burmese calendar| 129
Byzantine calendar| 6275–6276
Chinese calendar| 丙午年 (Fire Horse)
3464 or 3257
— to —
丁未年 (Fire Goat)
3465 or 3258
Coptic calendar| 483–484
Discordian calendar| 1933
Ethiopian calendar| 759–760
Hebrew calendar| 4527–4528
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 823–824
\- Shaka Samvat| 688–689
\- Kali Yuga| 3867–3868
Holocene calendar| 10767
Iranian calendar| 145–146
Islamic calendar| 149–150
Japanese calendar| Tenpyō-jingo 3 / Jingo-keiun 1
(神護景雲元年)
Javanese calendar| 661–662
Julian calendar| 767
DCCLXVII
Korean calendar| 3100
Minguo calendar| 1145 before ROC
民前1145年
Nanakshahi calendar| −701
Seleucid era| 1078/1079 AG
Thai solar calendar| 1309–1310
Tibetan calendar| 阳火马年
(male Fire-Horse)
893 or 512 or −260
— to —
阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
894 or 513 or −259

Year 767 (DCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 767th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 767th year of the 1st millennium, the 67th year of the 8th century, and the 8th year of the 760s decade. The denomination 767 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.

Dirham of caliph al-Mansur mint 767 CE/150 AH

## Events

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### By place

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#### Byzantine Empire

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* Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Constantine V invades Bulgaria across the Balkan Mountains, setting afire some settlements around the Bulgarian capital of Pliska. Constantine accepts a peace agreement with Pagan, the Bulgar ruler (khagan), whose land is in anarchy.[1]

#### Europe

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* The Franks, under King Pepin III ("the Short"), destroy resistance in central Aquitaine. They conquer the capital of Bordeaux, and devastate the whole region.
* Pepin III receives a Byzantine delegation at his court in Gentilly (southern suburbs of Paris). They discuss foreign policy regarding Italy, and Byzantine Iconoclasm.

#### Africa

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* The Kharijite Berbers of Tlemcen and Tiaret try to conquer Ifriqiya from the Abbasid Caliphate, but fail to capture the capital of Kairouan (modern Tunisia).

### By topic

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#### Religion

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* June 28 - Pope Paul I dies at Rome after a 10-year reign, in which he has protested against Constantine V's revival of Iconoclasm at Constantinople. He gives refuge to Greek monks who were expelled from the Byzantine Empire, and moves the relics of many saints from the catacombs to Roman churches. Duke Toto of Nepi has his layman brother elected to succeed Paul, under the name Constantine II.

## Births

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* September 15 - Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 822)
* Bishr al-Hafi, Muslim theologian (approximate date)
* Ja'far ibn Yahya, Persian vizier (d. 803)
* Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi`i, Muslim imam (d. 820)
* Pepin the Hunchback, son of Charlemagne (approximate date)

## Deaths

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* April 20 - Taichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 682)
* June 28 - Paul I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 700)
* Abū Hanīfa, Muslim imam and scholar (b. 699)
* Aedh Ailghin, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)
* Constantine II, patriarch of Constantinople
* Ibn Ishaq, Muslim historian and hagiographer (or 761)
* Ibn Jurayj, Muslim scholar (approximate date)
* Muqatil ibn Sulayman, Muslim mufassir and theologian
* Murchad mac Flaithbertaig, chief of the Cenél Conaill
* Toktu, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire

## References

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1. ^ John V.A. Fine, Jr (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, p. 77. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3