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[[File:Dufu.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Portrait of [[Du Fu]] (712–770)]]
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Year '''770''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 770 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 ====
* King [[Charlemagne]] signs a peace treaty with Duke [[Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria|Tassilo III of Bavaria]], and marries the [[Lombards|Lombard]] princess [[Desiderata of the Lombards|Desiderata]] (daughter of King [[Desiderius]]). He travels to the Lombard court at [[Pavia]] to conclude arrangements. [[Pope Stephen III]] opposes the marriage, and protests about a [[Francia|Frankish]]-Lombard [[Political alliance|alliance]].<ref>McKitterick, Rosamond, ''Charlemagne: The Formation of a European Identity'' (2008), p. 84</ref>
* [[Hedeby]], an important trading settlement, in the [[Denmark|Danish]]-northern [[Germany|German]] borderland is founded (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Alhred of Northumbria]] takes an interest in continental [[missionary]] activities, and sends [[Willehad]] to [[Frisia]] in modern-day [[Netherlands]] (approximate date).

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* Caliph [[al-Mansur]] orders the closing of the [[Canal of the Pharaohs]] ([[Egypt]]). The only remaining land routes to [[Transshipment|transship]] camel caravans' goods are from [[Alexandria]] to ports on the [[Red Sea]], or the northern Byzantine termini of the [[Silk Road]].

==== Asia ====
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[Empress Kōken]] (also Shōtoku) of [[Japan]] dies.

== Births ==
* [[Ansegisus]], Frankish [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Jayavarman II]], founder of the [[Khmer Empire]] (d. [[835]])
* [[Michael I Rangabe|Michael I]], emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (d. [[844]])
* [[Michael II]], emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. [[829]])
* [[Pepin of Italy]], son of [[Charlemagne]] (or [[773]])
* [[Prokopia]], empress of the Byzantine Empire (approximate date)
* [[Pope Stephen IV|Stephen IV]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (approximate date)
* [[Sugawara no Kiyotomo]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[842]])

== Deaths ==
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[Empress Kōken|Kōken]], empress of [[Japan]] (b. [[718]])
* [[Cennselach mac Brain]], king of the [[Uí Ceinnselaig]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Du Fu]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (b. [[712]])
* [[Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani]], Arab general (or [[769]])
* [[Modestus (Apostle of Carantania)|Modestus]], Irish [[missionary]] (approximate date)
* [[Opportuna of Montreuil]], Frankish [[abbess]]
* [[Tóim Snáma mac Flainn]], king of [[Kings of Osraige|Osraige]] (Ireland)

== References ==
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