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Year '''767''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 767th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, the 767th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 67th year of the [[8th century]], and the 8th year of the [[760s]] decade. The denomination 767 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 ====
* [[Byzantine–Bulgarian wars#Constantine V's wars|Byzantine–Bulgarian War]]: Emperor [[Constantine V]] invades [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgaria]] across the [[Balkan Mountains]], setting afire some settlements around the Bulgarian capital of [[Pliska]]. Constantine accepts a peace agreement with [[Pagan of Bulgaria|Pagan]], the Bulgar ruler (''[[khagan]]''), whose land is in [[anarchy]].<ref>John V.A. Fine, Jr (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, p. 77. {{ISBN|978-0-472-08149-3}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* The [[Francia|Franks]], under King [[Pepin the Short|Pepin III ("the Short")]], destroy resistance in central [[Aquitaine]]. They conquer the capital of [[Bordeaux]], and devastate the whole region.
* Pepin III receives a Byzantine delegation at his court in [[Gentilly, Val-de-Marne|Gentilly]] (southern suburbs of [[Paris]]). They discuss [[foreign policy]] regarding [[Italy]], and [[Byzantine Iconoclasm]].

==== Africa ====
* The [[Khawarij|Kharijite]] [[Berber people|Berbers]] of [[Tlemcen]] and [[Tiaret]] try to conquer [[Ifriqiya]] from the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], but fail to capture the capital of [[Kairouan]] (modern [[Tunisia]]).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul I]] dies at [[Rome]] after a 10-year reign, in which he has protested against Constantine V's revival of [[Byzantine Iconoclasm|Iconoclasm]] at [[Constantinople]]. He gives refuge to Greek [[monk]]s who were expelled from the [[Byzantine Empire]], and moves the [[relic]]s of many [[saint]]s from the [[Catacombs of Rome|catacombs]] to Roman [[Church (building)|churches]]. Duke [[Toto of Nepi]] has his [[Laity|layman]] brother elected to succeed Paul, under the name [[Antipope Constantine II|Constantine II]]. 
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== Births ==
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Saichō]], Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] monk (d. [[822]])
* [[Bishr the Barefoot|Bishr al-Hafi]], Muslim [[Theology|theologian]] (approximate date)
* [[Ja'far ibn Yahya]], Persian [[vizier]] (d. [[803]])
* [[Al-Shafi‘i|Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi`i]], Muslim [[Shia Islam|imam]] (d. [[820]]) 
* [[Pepin the Hunchback]], son of [[Charlemagne]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Taichō]], Japanese [[Shugendō|Buddhist]] monk (b. [[682]])
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul I|Paul I]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (b. [[700]]) 
* [[Imam Abu Hanifa|Abū Hanīfa]], Muslim imam and [[Ulama|scholar]] (b. [[699]])
* [[Aedh Ailghin]], king of [[Uí Maine]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Patriarch Constantine II of Constantinople|Constantine II]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]]
* [[Ibn Ishaq]], Muslim [[historian]] and [[Hagiography|hagiographer]] (or [[761]])
* [[Ibn Jurayj]], Muslim scholar (approximate date)
* [[Muqatil ibn sulayman|Muqatil ibn Sulayman]], Muslim [[Tafsir|mufassir]] and theologian 
* [[Murchad mac Flaithbertaig]], chief of the [[Cenél Conaill]]
* [[Toktu of Bulgaria|Toktu]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]]

== References ==
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