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762 CE

The 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. The Chinese official Li Fuguo murders Empress Zhang, wife of Emperor Su Zong. Shortly afterward Su Zong dies of a heart attack; he is succeeded by his son Dai Zong, who kills Li by sending assassins. Al-Ala ibn Mugith, supporter of the Abbasid cause, is defeated by the Umayyad emir of al-Andalus, Abd al-Rahman I, at Beja (modern-day Portugal).

Conflict & Security

  • September 25 – The 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.source
  • Al-Ala ibn Mugith, supporter of the Abbasid cause, is defeated by the Umayyad emir of al-Andalus, Abd al-Rahman I, at Beja (modern-day Portugal).source

Religion & Belief

  • July 30 – Caliph al-Mansur moves the seat of the Abbasid Caliphate from Kufa to the new capital of Baghdad.source
  • Schäftlarn Abbey (Bavaria) is founded by Waltrich, a Benedictine monk of noble family, south of modern-day Munich, Germany.source

Culture & Society

  • King Æthelwald of Northumbria marries his queen, Æthelthryth, at Catterick (North Yorkshire).source

Births

  • Æthelred I, king of Northumbria (d. 796)source
  • Sayyida Nafisa, Arab scholar (d. 824)source

Deaths

  • Li Bai, (also Li Po), Chinese poet (b. 701)source
  • Milo, Frankish bishop (or 763)source
  • Vinekh, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, dies after a six-year reign. He is succeeded by Telets, ending the rule of the Vokil clan, and beginning the reign of the Ugain clan.source
  • Li Fuguo, Chinese official and eunuch (b. 704)source
  • Xuan Zong, emperor of Tang dynasty (b. 685)source
  • Su Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. 711)source
  • The Chinese official Li Fuguo murders Empress Zhang, wife of Emperor Su Zong. Shortly afterward Su Zong dies of a heart attack; he is succeeded by his son Dai Zong, who kills Li by sending assassins.source
  • Gao Lishi, Chinese official and eunuch (b. 684)source
  • Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leadersource
  • Zhang, empress of the Tang dynastysource
  • King Æthelbert II of Kent dies, and is succeeded by his nephew Eadberht II. He possibly rules all Kent for a time. Sigered, probably an East Saxon, succeeds in West Kent. Eadberht dies after a short reign, followed by Ealhmund as ruler of Kent.source
  • Vinekh, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empiresource