759

759 in various
AG
Thai solar calendar	1301–1302
Tibetan calendar	阳土狗年; (male Earth-Dog); 885 or 504 or −268; — to —; 阴土猪年; (female Earth-Pig); 886 or 505 or −267

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century; 8th century ; 9th century;
Decades:	730s; 740s; 750s ; 760s; 770s;
Years:	756; 757; 758; 759 ; 760; 761; 762;

Muslim troops leaving Narbonne to Pepin III

Year 759 (DCCLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 759 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

Muslims, after a 7-year siege. He pushes them back across the Pyrenees, and the Muslims retreat to the Andalusian heartland after 40 years of occupation. The government of the city is assigned to the Visigothic count Miló
.

July 24 – King Oswulf of Northumbria is murdered by members of his own household (his servants or bodyguards), at Market Weighton. The Deiran patrician, Æthelwald Moll, who probably conspired in the regicide, is crowned king of Norhumbria. He may have been a descendant of the late king Oswine of Deira.
Exceptional winter in England. Frost begins October 1, and ends February 26, 760.^[2]

Yanjing (Northern China) as they increase their efforts to end the rebellion. The fighting creates such a shortage of food within its walls that rats
sell at enormous prices.

Otomo no Yakamochi, Japanese general, compiles the first Japanese poetry anthology, Man'yōshū. It contains some 500 poems by Japanese poets who include the emperor, noblemen
and commoners.

December 24 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.

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Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century 8th century 9th century
Decades:	730s 740s 750s 760s 770s
Years:	756 757 758 759 760 761 762