Editing 766

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[[File:Baghdad 150 to 300 AH.png|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Round city of Baghdad|"Round City"]] of [[Baghdad]]]]
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Year '''766''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 766th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) ''designations,'' the 766th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 66th year of the [[8th century]], and the 7th year of the [[760s]] decade. The denomination 766 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[August 25]] &ndash; Emperor [[Constantine V]] publicly humiliates 19 high-ranking [[official]]s in the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople]], after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, [[Constantine Podopagouros]] and his brother [[Strategios Podopagouros|Strategios]], and [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|blinds]] and exiles the rest.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mango|first1=Cyril|author1-link=Cyril Mango|last2=Scott|first2=Roger|title=The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor. Byzantine and Near Eastern History, AD 284–813|location=Oxford, United Kingdom|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1997|isbn=0-19-822568-7|page=605}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit: I. Abteilung (641–867), 2. Band: Georgios (#2183) – Leon (#4270) | last1=Winkelmann | first1=Friedhelm | first2=Ralph-Johannes | last2=Lilie | first3 = Claudia | last3 = Ludwig | first4 = Thomas | last4 = Pratsch | first5 = Ilse | last5 = Rochow | display-authors=2 | year=2000 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=3-11-016672-0 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jlb93enPpKwC&pg=PA96 | chapter = Gregorios Dekapolites (#2486) | page = 531 | language=German}}</ref>
* Autumn &ndash; [[Siege of Kamacha (766)|Siege of Kamacha]]: Abbasid forces under [[al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba]] are defeated at the fortress city of [[Kemah, Erzincan|Kamacha]], in eastern [[Cappadocia]] (modern [[Turkey]]). A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] relief army (12,000 men) forces the Abbasids to retreat into [[Medieval Armenia|Armenia]].
* [[Sabin of Bulgaria|Sabin]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgaria]], flees to the Byzantine fortress city of [[Nesebar|Mesembria]], from where he escapes to [[Constantinople]]. Constantine V arranges for the transfer of Sabin's family from Bulgaria.

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* [[Baghdad]] nears completion as up to 100,000 labourers create a circular city about 1 or 2&nbsp;km in diameter (depending on the source). In the center of the [[Round city of Baghdad|"Round City"]] is a palace built for Caliph [[al-Mansur]]. The capital is ringed by three lines of [[Defensive wall|walls]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Karluks]] defeat the [[Turgesh|Turgesh Khaganate]] in [[Central Asia]]. Most of [[Turkestan]] (former [[Western Turkic Khaganate|Onoq]] territory) falls under Karluk rule, except west of [[Aral Sea|Lake Aral]], where the loose confederation of the [[Oghuz Turks]] is about to emerge.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* Summer &ndash; Patriarch [[Patriarch Constantine II of Constantinople|Constantine II]] is deposed and jailed, after the discovery of Constantine Podopagouros' plot against Constantine V. [[Patriarch Nicetas I of Constantinople|Nicetas I]] is appointed [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]].
* [[Metten Abbey]], near the town of [[Deggendorf]] ([[Bavaria]]), is founded by [[Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch]].
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== Births ==
* [[Al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki]], Muslim governor (d. [[AD 808|808]])
* [[Ali al-Ridha]], 8th [[Imamah (Shia doctrine)|Shia Imam]] (d. [[818]])
* [[Harun al-Rashid]], Muslim [[caliph]] (or [[763]])
* [[Li Cheng (Tang dynasty)|Li Cheng]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]]
* [[Zhang Ji (poet from Jiangnan)|Zhang Ji]], Chinese scholar and [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Chrodegang]], Frankish bishop
* [[August 25]]
** [[Constantine Podopagouros]], Byzantine official
** [[Strategios Podopagouros]], Byzantine general
* [[Abdullah al-Aftah]], [[Twelver|Shī‘ah Imam]] and Muslim [[Scholarly method|scholar]]
* [[Fallomon mac Con Congalt]], king of [[Kingdom of Meath|Mide]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Fujiwara no Matate]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[715]])
* [[Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i]], Muslim governor

== References ==
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