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[[File:Charlemagne_and_Pope_Adrian_I.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Charlemagne]] and pope [[Pope Adrian I|Adrian I]] (772–795)]]
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Year '''772''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXXII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 772 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 ====
* [[Saxon Wars#First phase|Saxon Wars]]: King [[Charlemagne]] leads a [[Francia|Frankish]] expedition from the [[Middle Rhine]] into disputed territory lost by the [[Franks]] in [[695]]. He starts a campaign against the [[Saxons]] and seizes [[Eresburg]], destroying the ''[[Irminsul]]'' (Saxon [[Tree worship|sacred tree]]) near [[Paderborn]]. Charlemagne devastates several major Saxon strongholds, and forces them to retreat beyond the [[Weser|Weser River]]. After negotiating with some Saxon nobles and obtaining hostages, he installs a number of garrisons.<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, pp. 12–13. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}</ref>
* King [[Desiderius]] of the [[Lombards]], enraged by the repudiation by Charlemagne of his daughter [[Desiderata of the Lombards|Desiderata]], proclaims [[Gerberga, wife of Carloman I|Gerberga]]'s sons lawful heirs to the Frankish throne. He attacks [[Pope Adrian I]] for refusing to crown them, and invades the [[Duchy of the Pentapolis]]. Desiderius marches on [[Rome]], and Adrian turns to the Franks for military support.
* In England, King [[Offa of Mercia]] attempts to rule [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] directly, possibly to depose his rival [[Egbert II of Kent|Egbert II]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[Abbasid caliph]] [[Al-Mansur]] completes construction of the garrison city of al-Rāfiqah adjacent to [[Raqqa]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Pope Stephen III]] dies after a 3½-year reign, in which he has approved the acceptable reverence of [[icon]]s in the [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Church]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope Adrian I|Adrian I]] (also referred to as Hadrian) as the 95th [[pope]] of Rome.
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== Births ==
* [[Bai Juyi|Bai Ju Yi]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] and official (d. [[846]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia
 |editor-last  = Matsuura |editor-first = Tomohisa |editor-link  = Tomohisa Matsuura |last1        = Ueki |first1       = Hisayuki |author-link1 = Hisayuki Ueki |last2        = Uno |first2       = Naoto |author-link2 = Naoto Uno |last3        = Matsubara |first3       = Akira |author-link3 = Akira Matsubara |chapter      = Shijin to Shi no Shōgai (Haku Kyoi) |pages        = 123–127 |title        = Kanshi no Jiten |script-title = ja:漢詩の事典 |language     = ja |year         = 1999 |location     = Tokyo |publisher    = Taishūkan Shoten |ref          = {{SfnRef|Ueki et al.|1999}} |oclc         = 41025662|title-link = Kanshi no Jiten }}</ref>
* [[Cui Qun]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[832]])
* [[Cui Zhi]], chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. [[829]])
* [[Li Ao (philosopher)|Li Ao]], Chinese [[Chinese philosophy|philosopher]] and [[prose]] writer (d. [[841]])
* [[Liu Yuxi]], Chinese poet and philosopher (d. [[842]])
*''probable'' 
**[[Charles the Younger]], son of [[Charlemagne]] (d. [[811]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Pope Stephen III]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Vertot (abbé de)|title=The Origin of the Grandeur of the Court of Rome ... Translated ... by John Farrington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7uzhN31tB8C&pg=PA81|year=1754|publisher=R. & J. Dodsley|pages=81}}</ref>
* [[May 13]] &ndash; [[Dōkyō]], Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] monk (b. [[700]])
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Amalberga of Temse]], Lotharingian nun and saint (b. [[741]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01377b.htm|title=St. Amalberga|website=Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>
*''date unknown''
** [[Dúngal mac Cellaig]], king of [[Kings of Osraige|Osraige]] ([[Ireland]])
** [[Yuan Jie]], Chinese poet<ref>{{cite book|author=Victor Xiong|title=Sui-Tang Chang'an: A Study in the Urban History of Late Medieval China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8fkAAAAMAAJ|date=25 July 2000|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=978-0-89264-137-6|page=186}}</ref>
** [[Zhu Xicai]], general of the Tang Dynasty

== References ==
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