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[[File:Tang Daizong.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Emperor Daizong of Tang|Dai Zong]] (727–779)]]
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Year '''762''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 762nd year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 762nd year of the [[1st millennium]], the 62nd year of the [[8th century]], and the 3rd year of the [[760s]] decade. The denomination 762 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 ===

==== Europe ====
* [[Vinekh of Bulgaria|Vinekh]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]], dies after a six-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Telets of Bulgaria|Telets]], ending the rule of the [[Uokil|Vokil clan]], and beginning the reign of the Ugain clan.
* [[al-Ala ibn Mughith al-Judhami|Al-Ala ibn Mugith]], supporter of the [[Abbasid]] cause, is defeated by the [[Umayyad]] emir of [[al-Andalus]], [[Abd al-Rahman I]], at [[Beja, Portugal|Beja]] (modern-day [[Portugal]]).<ref>{{cite book|title=Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista|year=1993|publisher=Editorial Presença|location=Lisbon|author=Joel Serrão and A. H. de Oliverira Marques|page=124|chapter=O Portugal Islâmico}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelbert II of Kent]] dies, and is succeeded by his nephew [[Eadberht II]]. He possibly rules all [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] for a time. [[Sigered of Kent|Sigered]], probably an [[Kingdom of Essex|East Saxon]], succeeds in [[West Kent]]. Eadberht dies after a short reign, followed by [[Ealhmund of Kent|Ealhmund]] as ruler of Kent.
* King [[Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria|Æthelwald of Northumbria]] marries his queen, Æthelthryth, at [[Catterick, North Yorkshire|Catterick]] ([[North Yorkshire]]).<ref>Kirby, p. 156. Symeon of Durham, p. 461</ref>

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* [[July 30]] &ndash; Caliph [[al-Mansur]] moves the seat of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] from [[Kufa]] to the new capital of [[Baghdad]].
* [[September 25]] &ndash; The [[Alid Revolt (762–63)|Alid Revolt]] begins: [[Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya]] raises the banner against the Abbasids at [[Medina]], followed by his brother Ibrahim ibn Abdallah at [[Basra]] in early [[763]]. Muhammad's rebellion is suppressed, and he is killed by Abbasid troops under [[Isa ibn Musa]].

==== Asia ====
* The Chinese official [[Li Fuguo]] murders Empress [[Empress Zhang (Tang dynasty)|Zhang]], wife of Emperor [[Emperor Suzong of Tang|Su Zong]]. Shortly afterward Su Zong dies of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]]; he is succeeded by his son [[Emperor Daizong of Tang|Dai Zong]], who kills Li by sending assassins.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Schäftlarn Abbey]] ([[Bavaria]]) is founded by Waltrich, a [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monk of [[Nobility|noble]] family, south of modern-day [[Munich]], [[Germany]].
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== Births ==
* [[Æthelred I of Northumbria|Æthelred I]], king of [[Northumbria]] (d. [[796]])
* [[Sayyida Nafisa]], Arab [[Ulama|scholar]] (d. [[824]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Æthelbert II of Kent|Æthelbert II]], king of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]]
* [[Ashot III Bagratuni|Ashot III]], Armenian prince 
* [[Eadberht II]], king of Kent
* [[Eardwulf of Kent|Eardwulf]], king of Kent
* [[Gao Lishi]], Chinese official and [[eunuch]] (b. [[684]])
* [[Li Bai]], (also '''Li Po'''), Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (b. [[701]])
* [[Li Fuguo]], Chinese official and eunuch (b. [[704]])
* [[Milo (bishop of Trier)|Milo]], Frankish [[bishop]] (or [[763]])
* [[Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya]], Arab rebel leader 
* [[Emperor Suzong of Tang|Su Zong]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[AD 711|711]])
* [[Vinekh of Bulgaria|Vinekh]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]]
* [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Xuan Zong]], emperor of Tang dynasty (b. [[685]])
* [[Empress Zhang (Tang dynasty)|Zhang]], empress of the Tang dynasty

== References ==
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