769

This article is about the year 769. For the number, see 769 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century 8th century 9th century
Decades:	740s 750s 760s 770s 780s
Years:	766 767 768 769 770 771 772

769 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	769 DCCLXIX
Ab urbe condita	1522
Armenian calendar	218 ԹՎ ՄԺԸ
Assyrian calendar	5519
Balinese saka calendar	690–691
Bengali calendar	176
Berber calendar	1719
Buddhist calendar	1313
Burmese calendar	131
Byzantine calendar	6277–6278
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3466 or 3259     — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3467 or 3260
Coptic calendar	485–486
Discordian calendar	1935
Ethiopian calendar	761–762
Hebrew calendar	4529–4530
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	825–826
- Shaka Samvat	690–691
- Kali Yuga	3869–3870
Holocene calendar	10769
Iranian calendar	147–148
Islamic calendar	151–152
Japanese calendar	Jingo-keiun 3 (神護景雲３年)
Javanese calendar	663–664
Julian calendar	769 DCCLXIX
Korean calendar	3102
Minguo calendar	1143 before ROC 民前1143年
Nanakshahi calendar	−699
Seleucid era	1080/1081 AG
Thai solar calendar	1311–1312
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 895 or 514 or −258     — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 896 or 515 or −257

Hersfeld Abbey (modern Germany)

Year 769 (DCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 769 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Europe

• King Charlemagne (Charles "the Great") begins a military campaign against the Duchy of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascony. He leads a Frankish army to the city of Bordeaux, where he sets up a fort at Fronsac. His younger brother Carloman I refuses to help his brother fight the rebels, and returns to Burgundy. Hunald, duke of Aquitaine, is forced to flee to the court of Gascony. Lupus II, fearing Charlemagne, turns Hunald over in exchange for peace, and is put in a monastery. Aquitaine and Gascony are subdued into the Frankish Kingdom.

By topic

Religion

• April 12–15 – Pope Stephen III summons a Lateran Council: the papal election procedure (abuse of which has led to the election of antipopes) is changed, and the iconoclasm of the Council of Hieria is anathematized.
• The Monastery of Tallaght is founded by Máel Ruain in Ireland. The monastery becomes a centre of learning and piety, particularly associated with the Céli Dé spiritual reform movement.
• Hersfeld Abbey (modern-day Hesse-Nassau), Germany, is founded by Lullus, archbishop of Mainz (approximate date).

Births

• Du Yuanying, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 833)
• Egbert, king of Wessex (or 771)
• Pepin the Hunchback, the first child of Charlemagne

Deaths

• January 14 – Cui Huan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
• March 9 – Alan of Farfa, Aquitanian scholar and hermit
• December 13 – Du Hongjian, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 709)
• Conchubhar mac Cumasgach, king of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne (Ireland)
• Cuthfrith, bishop of Lichfield (approximate date)
• Dub Calgaid mac Laidcnén, king of the Uí Ceinnselaig (Ireland)
• Gülnar Hatun, legendary Turkish heroine
• Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani, Arab general and governor (or 770)