772
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Thai solar calendar | 1314–1315 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 898 or 517 or −255 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 899 or 518 or −254 |
Year 772 (DCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 772 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
Europe
- sacred tree) near Paderborn. Charlemagne devastates several major Saxon strongholds, and forces them to retreat beyond the Weser River. After negotiating with some Saxon nobles and obtaining hostages, he installs a number of garrisons.[1]
- King Desiderius of the Lombards, enraged by the repudiation by Charlemagne of his daughter Desiderata, proclaims Gerberga's sons lawful heirs to the Frankish throne. He attacks Pope Adrian I for refusing to crown them, and invades the Duchy of the Pentapolis. Desiderius marches on Rome, and Adrian turns to the Franks for military support.
- In England, King Egbert II(approximate date).
Asia
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By topic
Religion
- February 1 – Pope Stephen III dies after a 3½-year reign, in which he has approved the acceptable reverence of icons in the Eastern Church. He is succeeded by Adrian I (also referred to as Hadrian) as the 95th pope of Rome.
Births
- Bai Ju Yi, Chinese poet and official (d. 846)[2]
- Cui Qun, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 832)
- Cui Zhi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 829)
- Li Ao, Chinese philosopher and prose writer (d. 841)
- Liu Yuxi, Chinese poet and philosopher (d. 842)
- probable
- Charles the Younger, son of Charlemagne (d. 811)
Deaths
- February 1 – Pope Stephen III[3]
- May 13 – Dōkyō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 700)
- July 10 – Amalberga of Temse, Lotharingian nun and saint (b. 741)[4]
- date unknown
References
- ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- OCLC 41025662.
- ^ Vertot (abbé de) (1754). The Origin of the Grandeur of the Court of Rome ... Translated ... by John Farrington. R. & J. Dodsley. p. 81.
- ^ "St. Amalberga". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-89264-137-6.