Editing 771

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[[File: Charlemagne denier Mayence 812 814.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Coin of [[Charlemagne]] (''Carolus Magnus'')]]
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The year '''771''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 771 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 ====
* [[December 4]] &ndash; King [[Carloman I]], youngest son of [[Pepin the Short|Pepin III ("the Short")]], dies (of a severe [[nosebleed]], according to one source)<ref>"Cathwulf, Kingship, and the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis", by Joanna Story, ''Speculum''</ref> at the Villa of [[Samoussy]], leaving his brother [[Charlemagne]] sole ruler of the now reunified [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]]. [[Gerberga, wife of Carloman I|Gerberga]], the widow of Carloman, flees with her two sons to the court of King [[Desiderius]] of the [[Lombards]], at [[Pavia]].
* Charlemagne repudiates his Lombard wife [[Desiderata of the Lombards|Desiderata]], daughter of Desiderius, after one year of [[marriage]]. He marries the 13-year-old [[Swabia]]n girl [[Hildegard (queen)|Hildegard]], who will bear him nine children. Desiderius, furious at Charlemagne, plans a punitive campaign against the [[Franks]] and [[Rome]].

* King [[Offa of Mercia]] defeats the [[Haestingas]], and joins their little region to his sub-kingdom of [[Kingdom of Sussex|Sussex]].<ref name=durham47>Simon of Durham. Historia Regum. Ch. 47</ref><ref name=durham450>Simeon of Durham's. History of the Kings, p. 450</ref>

====Americas====
* [[Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat]] dedicates a 65-ton [[stele]], the largest stone known to be quarried by the [[Maya civilization]], at his city of [[Quiriguá]].
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== Births ==
* [[Al-Hakam I]], Muslim [[emir]] of [[Emirate of Córdoba|Córdoba]] (d. [[822]])
* [[Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi]], Abbasid prince and Politician (d. 810)
* [[Constantine VI]], emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (d. [[797]])

== Deaths ==
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Carloman I]], king of the [[Franks]] (b. [[751]])
* [[Amir Kror Suri]], also known as Jahan Pahlawan, is a [[Legend|fictional]] character in Pashtun history (approximate date) 
* [[Coirpre mac Fogartaig]], king of [[Kings of Brega|Brega]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Fujiwara no Nagate]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[714]])
* [[Remigius of Rouen]], illegitimate son of [[Charles Martel]]

== References ==
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