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[[File:Muslim troops leaving Narbonne to Pepin le Bref in 759.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Muslim Arabs|Muslim]] troops leaving [[Narbonne]] to [[Pepin the Short|Pepin III]]]]
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Year '''759''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Battle of the Rishki Pass]]: Emperor [[Constantine V]] invades [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgaria]] again, but his forces are [[ambush]]ed and defeated while crossing the [[Rish Pass|Rishki Pass]], near [[Balkan Mountains#Geography|Stara Planina]] (modern [[Bulgaria]]). The Bulgarian ruler (''[[khagan]]'') [[Vinekh of Bulgaria|Vinekh]] does not exploit his success, and begins peace negotiations.<ref>Theophanes the Confessor. Chronographia, p. 431</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[Siege of Narbonne (752–59)|Siege of Narbonne]]: The [[Franks]] under King [[Pepin the Short|Pepin III]] ("the Short") retake [[Narbonne]] from the [[Muslim Arabs|Muslim]]s, after a 7-year [[siege]]. He pushes them back across the [[Pyrenees]], and the Muslims retreat to the [[Al-Andalus|Andalusian]] heartland after 40 years of occupation. The government of the city is assigned to the [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] count [[Miló of Narbonne|Miló]].

==== Britain ====
* [[July 24]] &ndash; King [[Oswulf of Northumbria]] is murdered by members of his own [[household]] (his [[Domestic worker|servant]]s or [[bodyguard]]s), at [[Market Weighton]]. The [[Deira]]n ''patrician'', [[Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria|Æthelwald Moll]], who probably conspired in the [[regicide]], is crowned [[List of monarchs of Northumbria#Kings of Northumbria|king of Northumbria]]. 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.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J.M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}</ref>

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* Caliph [[al-Mansur]] of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] launches the conquest of [[Tabaristan]] (on the southern coast of the [[Caspian Sea]]). Its ruler, [[Khurshid of Tabaristan|Khurshid II]], flees into the mountainous region of [[Gilan Province#History|Daylam]].

==== Asia ====
* [[An Lushan Rebellion]]: Tang forces under [[Guo Ziyi]] lay siege to the city of [[Yanjing]] (Northern [[China]]) as they increase their efforts to end the rebellion. The fighting creates such a shortage of [[food]] within its walls that [[rat]]s sell at enormous prices.
* [[Otomo no Yakamochi]], Japanese general, compiles the first [[Japanese poetry]] anthology, ''[[Man'yōshū]]''. It contains some 500 poems by Japanese [[poet]]s who include the emperor, [[Nobility|noblemen]] and commoners.
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Tang dynasty]] poet [[Du Fu]] [[Du Fu#Chengdu|departs for Chengdu]], where he is hosted by fellow poet [[Pei Di]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The [[Tōshōdai-ji]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] Temple is founded in [[Nara, Nara|Nara]], [[Japan]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Alfonso II of Asturias|Alfonso II]], king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (d. [[842]])
* [[Asad ibn al-Furat]], Muslim [[jurist]] and [[Theology|theologian]] (d. [[828]])
* [[Gregory of Khandzta]], Georgian [[archimandrite]] (d. [[861]])
* [[Quan Deyu]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (d. [[818]])
* [[Theodore the Studite]], Byzantine [[abbot]] (d. [[826]])
* [[Wang Shizhen (Tang dynasty)|Wang Shizhen]], general of the Tang dynasty (d. [[809]])
* [[Wu Yantong]], Chinese [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Oswulf of Northumbria|Oswulf]], king of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]
* [[Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet|Edburga]], Anglo-Saxon [[abbess]]
* [[Dúngal mac Amalgado]], king of [[Kings of Brega|Brega]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Saint Othmar|Othmar]], Swiss abbot (approximate date)
* [[Wang Wei (Tang dynasty)|Wang Wei]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (b. [[699]])

== References ==
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