768
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| Years: 764 765 766 767 - 768 - 769 770 771 772 |
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| Decades: 730s 740s 750s - 760s - 770s 780s 790s |
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| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century |
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| Gregorian calendar | 768 DCCLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1521 |
| Armenian calendar | 217 ԹՎ ՄԺԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1076 – -1075 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1312 |
| Chinese calendar | 3404/3464-12-7 (丁未年十二月初七日) — to —
3405/3465-11-18(戊申年十一月十八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 760 – 761 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4528 – 4529 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 823 – 824 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 690 – 691 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3869 – 3870 |
| Holocene calendar | 10768 |
| Iranian calendar | 146 – 147 |
| Islamic calendar | 150 – 151 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1428 (皇紀1428年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10768 |
| Julian calendar | 813 |
| Korean calendar | 3101 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1311 |
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[edit] Events
- Death of Pepin the Short (714 - 768), king of the Franks since 751. He was succeeded by his sons Carloman (eastern Franks) and Charles aka Charlemagne (western Franks).
- The date, according to the Annales Cambriae, when Wales began to celebrate Easter on the Roman date, at the teaching of Elbodugus.
- August 7 - Pope Stephen III succeeds Pope Paul I as the 94th pope.
- Deventer is founded (approximate date).
- Aurelio succeeds Fruela I as king of Asturias.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Pepin the Short, King of the Franks, father of Charlemagne (b. 714)
- Fruela I of Asturias
[edit] Significance
- The number of the unicycle
Quote: Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the unicyclist, for it is a human number, it is the number sevenhundred and sixty eight. -GILD
