Editing 776

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[[File:Hohensyburg Syburg.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Ruins of Castle [[Sigiburg|Syburg]] (near [[Dortmund]])]]
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Year '''776''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXXVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 776 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 ====
* [[April 24]] &ndash; Emperor [[Leo IV the Khazar|Leo IV ("the Khazar")]] appoints his 5-year-old son [[Constantine VI]] co-ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. This leads to an uprising, led by one of Leo's half-brothers, ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]'' [[Nikephoros (Caesar)|Nikephoros]], the second son of former emperor [[Constantine V]]. The revolt is quickly suppressed. Fortunately for Nikephoros, his only punishment is to be stripped of his titles, while the rest of the conspirators are blinded, [[tonsure]]d, and [[exile]]d to [[Cherson (theme)|Cherson]] (southern [[Crimea]]) under guard.<ref>The Chronicle of Theophanes Anni Mundi 6095–6305 (A.D. 602–813): Tr. Harry Turtledove (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982), p. 137</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Treadgold|first=Warren|title=A History of the Byzantine State and Society}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* King [[Charlemagne]] spends [[Easter]] in [[Treviso]] (northern [[Italy]]), after putting down a [[rebellion]] in [[Duchy of Friuli|Friuli]] and [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]]. He removes [[Hrodgaud of Friuli]] from power, and reforms the [[duchy]] as the [[March of Friuli]] (military frontier district).<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 15. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}</ref> Co-conspirators who support the revolt are [[Arechis II of Benevento|Arechis II]], duke of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]], and [[Adalgis]], son of former [[Lombards|Lombard]] king [[Desiderius]]. Frankish [[count]]s are placed in the cities of Friuli.
* [[Saxon Wars#First phase|Saxon Wars]]: The [[Saxons]] again revolt against [[Christianity]] and [[Francia|Frankish]] rule. [[Eresburg]] falls, but a Saxon assault upon the castle of [[Sigiburg|Syburg]] fails. Charlemagne hurriedly returns from [[Italy]], launching a counter-offensive which defeats the Saxons. Most of their leaders are summoned to the [[Lippe (river)|Lippe]] at the town of [[Bad Lippspringe]] ([[North Rhine-Westphalia]]), to submit formally to Charlemagne.<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, pp. 15–16. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Otford (776)|Battle of Otford]]: King [[Egbert II of Kent]] defeats the [[Mercia]]ns under King [[Offa of Mercia|Offa]] (near [[Otford]]), and re-asserts himself as ruler of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]].

== Births ==
*February &ndash; [[Al-Jahiz]], Afro-Muslim [[Scholarly method|scholar]] and writer (d. [[868]])<ref>Al-Jahiz messages, Alwarraq edition, page 188; Yāqūt, ''Irshād al-arīb ilá ma`rifat al-adīb'', ed. Iḥsān `Abbās, 7 vols (Beirut: Dār al-Gharb al-Islāmī, 1993), 5:2102.</ref><ref name="Easc">{{cite book|last=Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam. Chuo cha Uchunguzi wa Lugha ya Kiswahili|title=Kiswahili|year=1974|publisher=East African Swahili Committee|page=16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgUqAQAAIAAJ}}; Yāqūt, ''Irshād al-arīb ilá ma`rifat al-adīb'', ed. Iḥsān `Abbās, 7 vols (Beirut: Dār al-Gharb al-Islāmī, 1993), 5:2102.</ref>
*''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Lu Sui]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[835]])<ref>[[Academia Sinica]] [http://db1x.sinica.edu.tw/sinocal/ Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522200011/http://db1x.sinica.edu.tw/sinocal/ |date=2010-05-22 }}</ref><ref>''[[Old Book of Tang]]'', [[:zh:s:舊唐書/卷17下|vol. 17, part 2]].</ref>
*''probable'' 
** Saint [[George the Standard-Bearer]], archbishop (d. [[821]])<ref>''[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/07/101023-st-george-the-confessor-the-bishop-of-mytilene St. George the Confessor the Bishop of Mytilene].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>
** [[Bai Xingjian]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] and writer (d. [[826]])<ref name="BarnstoneChou2007">{{cite book|author1=Tony Barnstone|author2=Ping Chou|title=Chinese Erotic Poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUJkAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|isbn=978-0-307-26567-8|page=238}}</ref>
** [[Sahnun|Sahnun ibn Sa'id]], Muslim jurist (or [[AD 777|777]])
** [[Tahir ibn Husayn]], Muslim governor (or [[775]])

== Deaths ==
*''date unknown''
** [[Cellach mac Dúnchada]], king of [[Leinster]] ([[Ireland]])<ref name=Murray>{{cite book|author=Kevin Murray|title=Baile in scáil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vxfAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Irish Texts Society|isbn=978-1-870166-58-4|page=164}}</ref>
** [[Cináed Ciarrge mac Cathussaig]], [[Dál nAraide]] king<ref name=Murray/>
** [[Flaithniadh mac Congal]], [[abbot]] of [[Clonfert]]
** [[Hrodgaud of Friuli|Hrodgaud]], duke of [[Duchy of Friuli|Friuli]] ([[Italy]])<ref>[[Ludo Moritz Hartmann]]: ''Geschichte Italiens im Mittelalter'' Bd. II Teil 2, Perthes, Gotha 1903, S. 282ff</ref>
** [[Humayd ibn Qahtaba]], Muslim military leader
** [[Nuada ua Bolcain]], abbot of [[Tuam]] ([[Ireland]])

== References ==
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