Editing 761

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[[File:Ispahbod Xurshid's coin-1.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Silver ''[[dirham]]'' of [[Khurshid of Tabaristan|Khurshid II]] (734–761)]]
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Year '''761''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 761 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Britain ====
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Eildon Hill|Battle of Eildon]]: King [[Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria]] faces a rebellion, under a rival claimant to the [[throne]] named Oswine, brother of the murdered King [[Oswulf of Northumbria]]. Oswine is killed after a three-day battle against the forces of Æthelwald in Scotland.<ref>Kirby, p. 151, states that Oswine's origins are unknown. Marsden, pp. 232&ndash;233, suggests he was a son of Eadberht. The description of Oswine as an ætheling comes from [[John of Worcester]]'s chronicle.</ref> 
* [[Bridei V]] succeeds his brother [[Óengus I]] as king of the [[Picts]] (modern [[Scotland]]).<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Katherine Forsyth|last=Forsyth|first=Katherine|chapter=Evidence of a lost Pictish source in the ''Historia Regum Anglorum''|editor=Taylor, Simon|title=Kings, clerics and chronicles in Scotland, 500–1297: essays in honour of Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday|location=Dublin|publisher=Four Courts Press|year=2000|isbn=1-85182-516-9}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* The city of [[Oviedo]] (Northern [[Spain]]) is founded by the monks Nolan and John (approximate date).
* Construction is completed on the 108-room [[Castello di Lunghezza]] outside of [[Rome]], Italy.

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* An [[Abbasid Caliphate]] army reconquers the city of [[Kairouan]] (in modern-day [[Tunisia]]), from 'Abd al-Rahmān ibn Rustam of the [[Rustamid dynasty]]. The latter is forced to flee west, where he creates an autonomous state around Tihert ([[Tiaret]]).<ref>{{cite book|first=Gilbert|last=Meynier|year=2010|title=L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique: De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)|location=Paris|publisher=La Découverte|page=25}}</ref>
* [[Khurshid of Tabaristan|Khurshid II]], the last ruler (''[[Spahbed|spāhbed]]'') of [[Tabaristan]], poisons himself when he learns that his family has been captured by the Abbasids.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|article=Khurshīd|first=M.|last=Rekaya|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Islam|edition=New|volume=V|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden; New York|year=1986|isbn=90-04-07819-3|pages=68–70|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/khurshid-SIM_4345|access-date=2013-01-31}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* The Japanese priest [[Dōkyō]] cures [[Empress Kōken]] by using [[prayer]]s and potions. He may have become her lover and certainly becomes her court favorite, arousing the jealousy of [[Emperor Junnin]]. 
* A great Chinese [[famine]] in the [[Huai River|Huai]]-[[Yangtze]] area, late in the year, drives many people to [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Emperor Shunzong of Tang|Shun Zong]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[806]])
* [[Wu Chongyin]], general of the Tang dynasty (d. [[827]])

== Deaths ==
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Gaubald]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg|Regensburg]]
* [[Donngal mac Laidcnén]], king of the [[Uí Ceinnselaig]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Ibn Ishaq]], Arab [[historian]] and [[Hagiography|hagiographer]] (or [[AD 767|767]])
* [[Khurshid of Tabaristan|Khurshid II]], ruler (''[[Spahbed|spāhbed]]'') of [[Tabaristan]] (b. [[734]]) 
* [[Óengus I]], king of the [[Picts]]<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Lynch |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Oxford companion to Scottish history |date=February 24, 2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199693054 |page=448}}</ref>
* [[Shi Siming]], general of the Tang dynasty (b. [[703]])
* [[Empress Xin (Shi Siming's wife)|Empress Xin]] of China (b. unknown date)

== References ==
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