Editing AD 777

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Year '''777''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 777th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 777th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 77th year of the [[8th century]], and the 8th year of the [[770s]] decade. The denomination 777 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]] spends [[Easter]] in [[Nijmegen]], and leads a large Frankish army to [[Paderborn]], where a general assembly of [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]] and [[Saxons|Saxon]] leaders had been summoned. [[Old Saxony|Saxon]] lands are integrated into the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]], and divided into [[missionary]] parishes. Duke [[Widukind]] and his followers flee to King [[Sigfred]] of [[Denmark]], seeking refuge and support.<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 12. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}.</ref>
* [[Abbasid–Carolingian alliance#Charlemagne's alliance|Abbasid–Carolingian alliance]]: Charlemagne receives a request for support from pro-[[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] rulers in the eastern ''[[thughur]]'', or military frontier zone of the [[Emirate of Córdoba]]. Several powerful officials and noblemen in northeastern Iberia, such as the governors of Barcelona and Zaragoza, seek to rise up against the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] emir [[Abd al-Rahman I]].<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 16. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}.</ref>

==== Africa ====
* [[Rustamid dynasty|Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam]] is recognized as [[imam]] of the [[Ibadi]]s, in [[Maghreb]] (western [[North Africa]]).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* Duke [[Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria|Tassilo III]] of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] founds [[Kremsmünster Abbey]] (modern [[Upper Austria|Austria]]). During this period, the [[Tassilo Chalice]] is possibly donated by Luitpirga, wife of Tassilo (approximate date).
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== Births ==
*''date unknown'' 
** [[Heungdeok of Silla|Heungdeok]], king of [[Silla]] ([[Korea]]) (d. [[836]])
** [[Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh|Ishaq ibn Rahwayh]], Muslim [[imam]] (or [[778]])<ref>{{Citation| last =Ibn Rāhwayh | first =Isḥāq  | publication-date =1990 | editor-last =Balūshī | editor-first =ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn | title =Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh | edition =1st | publisher =Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān | pages = 57–59}}</ref>
** [[Masawaiyh]], Assyrian physician (d. [[857]])

== Deaths ==
*''date unknown''
** [[Feardomhnach]], [[abbot]] of [[Tuam]] ([[Ireland]])
** [[Flaithrí mac Domnaill]], king of [[Connacht]] (Ireland) 
** [[Fujiwara no Kiyonari]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[716]])
** [[Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu]], Japanese statesman (b. 716)
** [[Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī]], Muslim [[astronomer]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = Thomas Hockey | display-editors = etal | last = Plofker | first = Kim | title=Fazārī: Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al‐Fazārī | encyclopedia = The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers | publisher = Springer | date = 2007 | location = New York | pages = 362–3 | url=http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Fazari_BEA.htm | isbn=978-0-387-31022-0}}</ref>
** [[Waermund (bishop of Worcester)|Waermund]], bishop of [[Anglican Diocese of Worcester|Worcester]]<ref>{{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X|page=223}}</ref>
*''probable''
** [[Telerig of Bulgaria|Telerig]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgaria]]
** [[Saint Walpurga|Walpurga]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]] (or [[779]])

== References ==
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