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Year '''763''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 763 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 ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[June]] &ndash; [[Battle of Anchialus (763)|Battle of Anchialus]]: Emperor [[Constantine V]] sends a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] expeditionary force (800 ships and 9,600 [[cavalry]]) to [[Thrace]], to defend the fortress city of [[Pomorie|Anchialus]] on the [[Bulgarian Black Sea Coast|Black Sea Coast]]. Meanwhile, [[Telets of Bulgaria|Telets]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]], blocks the [[Balkan Mountains|mountain passes]] and takes positions on the heights near Anchialus. During a desperate [[Charge (warfare)#Cavalry charges|cavalry charge]], the [[Bulgars]] are defeated and many are captured; Telets manages to escape. Constantine enters [[Constantinople]] in triumph, and kills all the prisoners.

==== Europe ====
* [[August]] &ndash; Byzantine troops invade the [[Papal States]], in alliance with King [[Desiderius]] of the [[Lombards]]. King [[Pepin the Short|Pepin III ("the Short")]] intervenes, and begins negotiations between the Lombards and [[Pope Paul I]]. Desiderius promises to end the hostilities, but on condition that Pepin sends back Lombard [[hostage]]s held by the [[Francia|Franks]].<ref name=kirsch>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11577a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Paul I}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* [[Ciniod I]] succeeds [[Bridei V of the Picts|Bridei V]], as king of the [[Picts]] (modern [[Scotland]]).

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
[[File:Abbasid Caliphate and Umayyad Emirate.png|thumb|Abbasid Caliphate under [[Al-Mansur]] (r. 754–775) in black and [[Emirate of Córdoba]] in white]]
* In 763 Al-Mansur sent his troops to conquer [[Al-Andalus]] for the [[Abbasid empire]]. But the ruler [[Abd al-Rahman I]] successfully defended his territory. Al-Mansur withdrew and thereafter focused his troops on holding the eastern part of his empire on lands that were once part of Persia.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade |last1= Wise Bauer |first1=Susan |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |year=2010|isbn= 9780393078176|pages=369}}</ref>
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Alid Revolt (762–763)#Ibrahim's uprising in Basra|Battle of Bakhamra]]: The Abbasid army under [[Isa ibn Musa]] defeats the [[Alids]], and puts an end to their rebellion. The power of the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid dynasty]] is consolidated.

==== Asia ====
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[An Lushan Rebellion]]: Emperor [[Shi Chaoyi]] hangs himself to avoid being captured by Tang troops sent by the renegade [[Li Huaixian]], ending the 7-year rebellion against the [[Tang dynasty]] in [[China]]. 
* [[November 18]] &ndash; Forces of the [[Tibetan Empire]], under [[Trisong Detsen]], occupy the Tang capital of [[Chang'an]] (modern [[Xi'an]]) for 15 days, and install a puppet emperor.<ref>Beckwith 1987, p. 146</ref> Tibetans take over the [[horse]] pastures.

==== Central America ====
*[[July 2]] &ndash; [[Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat]] ("Rising Sun") becomes the new [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] of [[Copán]] in [[Honduras]] after the death of [[Kʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil]], who had reigned since 749.  Yax Pasaj reigns until [[810]].
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== Births ==
* [[Haito]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel|Basel]]
* [[Harun al-Rashid]], Muslim [[caliph]] (or [[766]])
* [[Empress Dowager Wang (Xianzong)|Wang]], empress of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[816]])

== Deaths ==
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Domnall Midi]], [[High King of Ireland]]
* [[Bridei V]], king of the [[Picts]]
* [[Fang Guan]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (b. [[697]])
* [[Jianzhen]], Chinese [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (b. [[688]])
* [[Shi Chaoyi]], emperor of the [[Yan (Anshi)]] state
* [[Wei Jiansu]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. [[687]])

== References ==
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