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| Gregorian calendar | 756 DCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1509 |
| Armenian calendar | 205 ԹՎ ՄԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1088 – -1087 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1300 |
| Chinese calendar | 3392/3452-11-25 (乙未年十一月廿五日) — to —
3393/3453-12-6(丙申年十二月初六日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 748 – 749 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4516 – 4517 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 811 – 812 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 678 – 679 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3857 – 3858 |
| Holocene calendar | 10756 |
| Iranian calendar | 134 – 135 |
| Islamic calendar | 138 – 139 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1416 (皇紀1416年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10756 |
| Julian calendar | 801 |
| Korean calendar | 3089 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1299 |
[edit] Events
- Pepin the Short defeats the Lombards of northern Italy who have threatened Pope Stephen III. The Donation of Pepin is a cession of lands including Ravenna that will become the basis of the Papal States.
- Abd-ar-rahman I conquers Iberia and re-establishes the Umayyad dynasty at Cordoba in modern Spain.
- Desiderius succeeds Aistulf as king of the Lombards.
- Vinekh succeeds Kormisosh as king of Bulgaria.
- The army of An Lushan captured Chang'an.
- Yang Guozhong was killed by the angry soldiers, Yang Guifei and most people in the family of Yang were killed.
- Emperor Suzong of Tang China ascended the throne after his father Emperor Xuanzong abdicated while fleeing to Sichuan during the An Lushan rebellion.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Emperor Shōmu, emperor of Japan (b. 701)
- December - Aistulf, king of the Lombards
- Yang Guifei Consort of Emperor Xuanzong.
