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[[File:Greater Zab River near Erbil Iraqi Kurdistan.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Great Zab]] river near [[Erbil]] (Iraq)]]
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Year '''750''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCL]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 750th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 750th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 50th year of the [[8th century]], and the 1st year of the [[750s]] decade. The denomination 750 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. According to historian Peter Brown, this year marked the universal beginning of the [[Middle Ages]] across every human civilization, thus marking the end of the [[late antiquity]] along with the classical world.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Arab Caliphate ====
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Zab]]: [[Abbasid]] forces under [[Abdallah ibn Ali]] defeat the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]]s near the [[Great Zab]] River. Members of the Umayyad house are hunted down and killed. Defeated by his rivals, Caliph [[Marwan II]] flees westward to [[Egypt]], perhaps attempting to reach [[Al-Andalus]] ([[Iberian Peninsula]]), where there are still significant Umayyad armies.<ref>David Nicolle (2009). The Great Islamic Conquests 632–750 AD, p. 79. {{ISBN|978-1-84603-273-8}}.</ref>
[[File:Balami - Tarikhnama - Abu'l-'Abbas al-Saffah is proclaimed the first 'Abbasid Caliph (cropped).jpg|250px|thumb|[[As-Saffah|Al-Saffah]] became caliph (ruler) of the Islamic Caliphate on 25 January 750. He ruled from 750 to 10 June 754.]]
* [[August 6]] &ndash; Marwan II is caught and killed at [[Faiyum]] by supporters of the [[Abbasid]] caliph [[As-Saffah]]. Almost the entire [[Umayyad Dynasty]] is assassinated; Prince [[Abd al-Rahman I]] escapes to Al-Andalus. The Abbasids assume control of the [[Muslim world|Islamic world]] and establish their first capital at [[Kufa]].

==== Europe ====
* King [[Alfonso I of Asturias]] establishes the [[Kingdom of Galicia]], in roughly the northwest of the [[Iberian Peninsula]]. The exact time this happened is contested. 
* The town [[Slaný]] in the [[Central Bohemian Region]] ([[Czech Republic]]) is founded at the site of a salt spring, according to one chronicle written in the sixteenth century (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Eadberht of Northumbria]] imprisons [[Cynewulf of Lindisfarne|Cynewulf]], bishop of [[Lindisfarne]], at [[Bamburgh Castle]]. King Eadberht does this in order to punish the bishop for sheltering one of his enemies, Prince Offa. He then besieges Prince Offa, son of the late King [[Aldfrith of Northumbria|Aldfrith]], in [[Lindisfarne#History|Lindisfarne Priory]]. Almost dead from hunger, he is dragged from his [[sanctuary]] and put to death.<ref>Higham, pp. 148&ndash;149; Kirby, p. 150; York, ''Kings'', p. 89.</ref>
* [[Strathblane|Battle of Mugdock]]: The [[Strathclyde]] Britons under King [[Teudebur of Alt Clut|Teudebur]] defeat Prince [[Talorgan II|Talorgan]] of the [[Picts]]. This leads to the decline of the power of King [[Óengus I]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Medieval Scotland|year=1998|last=Stringer|first=Keith|editor=Alexander, Grant|isbn=978-0-7486-1110-2 |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|page=10}}</ref>

==== Africa ====
* The [[Ghana Empire]] begins (approximate date).

==== India ====
* [[Gopala I]] is proclaimed as the first ruler and founder of the [[Pala Empire]].

==== America ====
* [[Ancestral Puebloans|Native Americans]], in the area now known as the [[Four Corners]], [[Pueblo I Era|begin constructing and occupying pueblos]].
* The city of [[Teotihuacan]] (modern [[Mexico]]) is destroyed and left in ruins, its [[palace]]s burned to the ground.

==== Indonesia ====
*[[Borobudur]], or Barabudur (a Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, as well as the world's largest Buddhist temple, and also one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world) is built (approximate date).

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* The "Western Paradise" of [[Amitābha|Amitābha Buddha]], detail of a [[Mural|wall painting]] in [[Mogao Caves|Cave 217]], [[Dunhuang]] ([[China]]), is made during the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (approximate date).

==== Food and drink ====
* In China during the Tang Dynasty, a barge load of [[tea]] (a medicinal [[herb]]) comes up the [[Grand Canal (China)|Grand Canal]] to [[Luoyang]], from [[Zhejiang]] (approximate date). 
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== Births ==
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Leo IV the Khazar|Leo IV]], Byzantine emperor (d. [[780]])
* [[Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf|Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf]], Abbasid [[poet]] (d. [[809]])
* [[Abd al-Malik ibn Salih]], Abbasid general (d. [[812]])
* [[Arno of Salzburg|Arno]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg|Salzburg]] (approximate date)
* [[Bermudo I of Asturias|Bermudo I]], king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (approximate date)
* [[Clement of Ireland|Clement]], Irish scholar and [[saint]] (approximate date)
* [[Eigil of Fulda]], Bavarian [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Hildegrim of Châlons|Hildegrim]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Châlons|Châlons]] (approximate date)
* [[Pope Leo III|Leo III]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (d. [[816]])
* [[Prince Sawara|Sawara]], Japanese prince (approximate date) 
* [[Theodulf of Orléans|Theodulf]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Orléans|Orléans]] (or [[760]])
* [[Wu Shaocheng]], general of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[810]])

== Deaths ==
* January 25 &ndash; [[Ibrahim ibn al-Walid]], Umayyad [[caliph]]
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Marwan II]], ruling Umayyad caliph (b. [[688]])
* [[Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik]], Umayyad prince (or [[749]])
* [[Agilulfus of Cologne|Agilulfus]], bishop of [[Archbishop of Cologne|Cologne]] (approximate date)
* [[Al-Abbas ibn al-Walid]], Umayyad prince and general
* [[Basil the Confessor]], Eastern Orthodox [[saint]]
* [[Boruth]], prince (''[[knyaz]]'') of [[Carantania]] (approximate date)
* [[Bressal mac Áedo Róin]], [[Dál Fiatach]] king of [[Ulaid]]
* [[Burchard of Wurzburg|Burchard]], bishop of [[Bishopric of Wurzburg|Würzburg]] (approximate date)
* [[Himelin]], Scottish [[priest]] (approximate date) 
* [[Inreachtach mac Dluthach]], king of [[Uí Maine]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Tzitzak|Irene of Khazaria]], Byzantine empress (approximate date) 
* [[Isonokami no Otomaro]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[Veborg]], Scandinavian [[shieldmaiden]] (approximate date)
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