760

By place

Europe

• Frankish King Pepin III begins his expedition to Septimania and Aquitaine. He conquers the cities of Carcassonne, Toulouse, Rodez and Albi. Duke Waifer of Aquitaine confiscates the Church lands, and plunders Burgundy. Pepin invades Aquitanian-held Berry and the Auvergne, capturing the fortresses of Bourbon and Clermont. Waifer's Basque troops are defeated by the Franks, and deported into northern France with their children and wives.

  Britain

• Battle of Hereford: The Welsh kingdoms of Brycheiniog, Gwent and Powys defeat the Mercians under King Offa at Hereford. They free themselves from the influence of the Anglo-Saxons.
• Offa's Dyke is constructed around this time, according to the traditional history of this defensive earthwork. This 150-mile-long earthwork marks the current border with the Welsh kingdoms, between England and Wales. However, modern analysis of Offa's Dyke suggests that it was built in the 5th century, well before the reign of King Offa.

  China

• Former emperor Xuanzong is placed under house arrest by the eunuch official Li Fuguo, with the support of Xuanzong's son, Suzong. Li Fuguo is appointed commander of the Imperial Guards, possessing nearly absolute power during Suzong's reign.
• The Kingdom of Nanzhao in modern-day southern China expands into the Irrawaddy River region, first into Burma, then down into northern Laos and Thailand.
• Lu Yu begins writing The Classic of Tea.

  Mesoamerica

• The Maya city of Dos Pilas is abandoned, after the Tamarindito and Petexbatún centres revolt against their Dos Pilas overlord.

  By topic

Religion

• The Church of Santa Sophia is founded by the Lombard duke Arechis II in Benevento.
• The Kailasa Temple is built on the orders of King Krishna I, of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty .
• Bregowine is appointed archbishop of Canterbury in England.

  Births

• Angilbert, Frankish diplomat and abbot
• Fujiwara no Otomuro, Japanese empress consort
• Jonas, bishop of Orléans
• Sibawayh, Persian linguist and grammarian
• Theodulf, bishop of Orléans
• Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk
• Thomas the Slav, Byzantine general
• Wei Guanzhi, Chinese chancellor
• Zhang Hongjing, Chinese chancellor

  Deaths

• October 26 - Cuthbert, archbishop of Canterbury
• Dumnagual III, king of Alt Clut
• Gangulphus, Burgundian courtier
• Kōmyō, empress of Japan
• Liutprand, duke of Benevento
• Muiredach mac Murchado, king of Leinster
• Wu Daozi, Chinese painter