Explore 13 historical events from 760–769.
Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing roughly every 75–76 years, though with the majority of recor…
Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Abū Muḥammad Mūsā ibn al-Mahdī al-Hādī better known by his laqab al-Hādī (الهادي) was the fourth Abbasid caliph who succeeded his father al-Mahdi and ruled from 169 AH until his d…
Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (died 786)
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having s…
The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus
Year 767 (DCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 767th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 767th year of the 1s…
Paul I, pope of the Catholic Church (born 700)
Baghdad is the capital and largest city in Iraq. It is located on the banks of the Tigris in central Iraq. The city has an estimated population of 8 million. It ranks among the mos…
Baghdad is founded.
Pope Stephen III was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death on 24 January 772. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the Lateran Pal…
Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the…
Antipope Constantine II was a Roman prelate who claimed the papacy from 28 June 767 to 6 August 768. He was overthrown through the intervention of the Lombards and tortured before …
Antipope Constantine II is arrested by primicerius Christopher and Lombard troops send to aid him by king Desiderius.
Antipope Constantine II was a Roman prelate who claimed the papacy from 28 June 767 to 6 August 768. He was overthrown through the intervention of the Lombards and tortured before …
Antipope Constantine II is deposed and blinded by the Lombard troops of primicerius Christopher.
Eadberht was king of Northumbria from 737 or 738 to 758. He was the brother of Ecgbert, Archbishop of York. His reign is seen as a return to the imperial ambitions of seventh-centu…
Eadberht of Northumbria
Constantine Podopagouros was a high-ranking Byzantine official and, with his brother Strategios, leader of a conspiracy against Emperor Constantine V.
Constantine Podopagouros, Byzantine official
Antipope Constantine II was a Roman prelate who claimed the papacy from 28 June 767 to 6 August 768. He was overthrown through the intervention of the Lombards and tortured before …
Antipope Constantine II is arrested by primicerius Christopher and Lombard troops send to aid him by king Desiderius.
Antipope Constantine II was a Roman prelate who claimed the papacy from 28 June 767 to 6 August 768. He was overthrown through the intervention of the Lombards and tortured before …
Antipope Constantine II is deposed and blinded by the Lombard troops of primicerius Christopher.
Eadberht was king of Northumbria from 737 or 738 to 758. He was the brother of Ecgbert, Archbishop of York. His reign is seen as a return to the imperial ambitions of seventh-centu…
Eadberht of Northumbria
Pope Stephen III was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death on 24 January 772. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the Lateran Pal…
Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the…
Year 767 (DCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 767th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 767th year of the 1s…
Paul I, pope of the Catholic Church (born 700)
Year 767 (DCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 767th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 767th year of the 1s…
Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar and educator (born 699)
Constantine V was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. As an able military leader, Constantine took advanta…
Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes…
Constantine Podopagouros was a high-ranking Byzantine official and, with his brother Strategios, leader of a conspiracy against Emperor Constantine V.
Constantine Podopagouros, Byzantine official
Strategios Podopagouros was a Byzantine military commander, and with his brother Constantine, the leader of a conspiracy against Emperor Constantine V.
Strategios Podopagouros, Byzantine general
Abū Muḥammad Mūsā ibn al-Mahdī al-Hādī better known by his laqab al-Hādī (الهادي) was the fourth Abbasid caliph who succeeded his father al-Mahdi and ruled from 169 AH until his d…
Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (died 786)
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having s…
The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus
Baghdad is the capital and largest city in Iraq. It is located on the banks of the Tigris in central Iraq. The city has an estimated population of 8 million. It ranks among the mos…
Baghdad is founded.
Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing roughly every 75–76 years, though with the majority of recor…
Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet