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764 CE

21 – Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion: A short-lived revolt led by Fujiwara no Nakamaro is suppressed. Emperor Junnin is deposed after a 6-year reign, and forced into exile. Former empress Kōken reassumes the imperial throne of Japan, and takes the name Shōtoku. She appoints her close associate, the priest Dōkyō, prime minister (taishi), running the government with him. Nakamaro is captured and killed with his wife and children. According to the historian Theophanes the Confessor, icebergs float past Constantinople from the Black Sea (approximate date). Domenico Monegario is deposed, after Pope Paul I demanded donations from Venice. Monegario is blinded and exiled, and succeeded by Maurizio Galbaio as the 7th doge of Venice. During his reign, Venetian wealth is increased via trade.

Conflict & Security

  • October 14–21 – Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion: A short-lived revolt led by Fujiwara no Nakamaro is suppressed. Emperor Junnin is deposed after a 6-year reign, and forced into exile. Former empress Kōken reassumes the imperial throne of Japan, and takes the name Shōtoku. She appoints her close associate, the priest Dōkyō, prime minister (taishi), running the government with him. Nakamaro is captured and killed with his wife and children.source
  • King Offa of Mercia conquers Kent, and brings an end to the rule of kings Ealhmund and Sigered in West Kent. He imposes Mercian overlordship on the kingdom, but allows a local king, Heaberht, to rule there.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • According to the historian Theophanes the Confessor, icebergs float past Constantinople from the Black Sea (approximate date).source

Religion & Belief

  • Cancor, a Frankish count (possibly of Hesbaye), founds Lorsch Abbey (modern-day Germany).source
  • Domenico Monegario is deposed, after Pope Paul I demanded donations from Venice. Monegario is blinded and exiled, and succeeded by Maurizio Galbaio as the 7th doge of Venice. During his reign, Venetian wealth is increased via trade.source

Births

  • Fujiwara no Nakanari, Japanese nobleman (d. 810)source
  • Abu Thawr, Muslim scholar (d. 854)source
  • Tian Hongzheng, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 821)source
  • Al-Hadi, Muslim caliph (d. 786)source
  • Li Jiang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 830)source

Deaths

  • January 17 – Joseph of Freising, German bishopsource
  • Stephen the Younger, Byzantine theologian (or 765)source
  • Abdallah ibn Ali, Muslim generalsource
  • Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari, wife of caliph al-Mansur.source
  • Fujiwara no Nakamaro, Japanese statesman (b. 706)source
  • Bregowine, archbishop of Canterburysource