Editing 769

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Year '''769''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] 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 ==
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=== 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 [[Military camp|fort]] at [[Fronsac, Gironde|Fronsac]]. His younger brother [[Carloman I]] refuses to help his brother fight the rebels, and returns to [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. Hunald, duke of Aquitaine, is forced to flee to the court of Gascony. [[Lupus II 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 [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[April 12]]&ndash;[[April 15|15]] &ndash; [[Pope Stephen III]] summons a [[Lateran Council (769)|Lateran Council]]: the papal election procedure (abuse of which has led to the election of [[antipope]]s) is changed, and the [[iconoclasm]] of the [[Council of Hieria]] is anathematized.
* The [[Tallaght Monastery|Monastery of Tallaght]] is founded by [[Máel Ruain]] in [[Ireland]]. The monastery becomes a centre of learning and [[piety]], particularly associated with the [[Culdees|Céli Dé]] spiritual reform movement.
* [[Hersfeld Abbey]] (modern-day [[Hesse-Nassau]]), [[Germany]], is founded by [[Lullus]], [[Elector of Mainz|archbishop of Mainz]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Du Yuanying]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (d. [[833]])
* [[Egbert of Wessex|Egbert]], king of [[Wessex]] (or [[771]])
* [[Pepin the Hunchback]], the first child of Charlemagne

== Deaths ==
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Cui Huan]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty 
* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Alan of Farfa]], Aquitanian [[Scholarly method|scholar]] and [[hermit]]
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Du Hongjian]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. [[709]])
* [[Conchubhar mac Cumasgach]], king of [[Uí Fiachrach Aidhne]] ([[Ireland]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Annals of Ulster |url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100001A/index.html |access-date=November 15, 2024 |publisher=CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts}}</ref>
* [[Cuthfrith]], [[bishop of Lichfield]] (approximate date)
* [[Dub Calgaid mac Laidcnén]], king of the [[Uí Ceinnselaig]] (Ireland)
* [[Gülnar Hatun]], legendary [[Turkish people|Turkish]] heroine
* [[Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani]], Arab general and governor (or [[770]])

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