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767 CE

Pope Paul I dies at Rome after a 10-year reign, in which he has protested against Constantine V's revival of Iconoclasm at Constantinople. He gives refuge to Greek monks who were expelled from the Byzantine Empire, and moves the relics of many saints from the catacombs to Roman churches. Duke Toto of Nepi has his layman brother elected to succeed Paul, under the name Constantine II. Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Constantine V invades Bulgaria across the Balkan Mountains, setting afire some settlements around the Bulgarian capital of Pliska. Constantine accepts a peace agreement with Pagan, the Bulgar ruler (khagan), whose land is in anarchy. Pepin III receives a Byzantine delegation at his court in Gentilly (southern suburbs of Paris). They discuss foreign policy regarding Italy, and Byzantine Iconoclasm.

Conflict & Security

  • Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Constantine V invades Bulgaria across the Balkan Mountains, setting afire some settlements around the Bulgarian capital of Pliska. Constantine accepts a peace agreement with Pagan, the Bulgar ruler (khagan), whose land is in anarchy.source
  • The Franks, under King Pepin III ("the Short"), destroy resistance in central Aquitaine. They conquer the capital of Bordeaux, and devastate the whole region.source
  • The Kharijite Berbers of Tlemcen and Tiaret try to conquer Ifriqiya from the Abbasid Caliphate, but fail to capture the capital of Kairouan (modern Tunisia).source
  • The Bashmurian revolts continues in Egypt. A general revolt of the Delta takes place. The Egyptians joined with Arab settlers against the Abbasid government. Local officials were killed, and the governor Yazīd ibn Ḥātim sent a force against them, but it was defeated and forced to retreat to al-Fusṭāṭ.source

Culture & Society

  • Pepin III receives a Byzantine delegation at his court in Gentilly (southern suburbs of Paris). They discuss foreign policy regarding Italy, and Byzantine Iconoclasm.source

Births

  • September 15 – Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 822)source
  • Pepin the Hunchback, son of Charlemagne (approximate date)source
  • Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi`i, Muslim imam (d. 820)source
  • Bishr al-Hafi, Muslim theologian (approximate date)source
  • Ja'far ibn Yahya, Persian vizier (d. 803)source

Deaths

  • April 20 – Taichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 682)source
  • June 28 – Paul I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 700)source
  • June 28 – Pope Paul I dies at Rome after a 10-year reign, in which he has protested against Constantine V's revival of Iconoclasm at Constantinople. He gives refuge to Greek monks who were expelled from the Byzantine Empire, and moves the relics of many saints from the catacombs to Roman churches. Duke Toto of Nepi has his layman brother elected to succeed Paul, under the name Constantine II.source
  • Muqatil ibn Sulayman, Muslim mufassir and theologiansource
  • Abū Hanīfa, Muslim imam and scholar (b. 699)source
  • Constantine II, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • Murchad mac Flaithbertaig, chief of the Cenél Conaillsource
  • Toktu, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empiresource
  • Ibn Ishaq, Muslim historian and hagiographer (or 761)source
  • Ibn Jurayj, Muslim scholar (approximate date)source
  • Aedh Ailghin, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)source