755

This page relates to the year 755 Calendrier Julien.

Events

the Chinese capital Chang' year, with more than 2 million inhabitants is more the big city in the world.
Rebellion with the Liaodong (China) of the Turkish general Year Lushan who starts anarchy (755-763). It seizes Luoyang then walk on Chang' year, the capital. The emperor flees towards the Sichuan but its escort revolts and assassinates his/her favorite concubine Yang Guifei (Yang Kuei-fei) and its family. The Ouïgour S and the Tibetans, recently conquered, benefit from the revolt to assert their independence.
Beginning of the reign of Trisong Detsen, king of the Tibet (fine in 797). It benefits from the weakening of the empire of the Tang due to the revolt of the governor turco-sodgien An Lushan but also to the blows of the arabo-Turkish forces (Talas, 751). It receives the alliance of the kingdom of the Nanzhao to the Yunnan.
New revolts with the Khorasan against the Abbasid (Sunbadh, 755-756).

July 11th: Capitulaire of Worm on the size of the Monnaie S. Pépin III reaffirms the royal monopoly of the striking of the currency by emitting a money sum of money with its monogram.

the Asturiens beat the Arab and Berber armies in Spain.
Plus of 500 monasteries is founded by noble the asturiens of 755 with 1037.
In Great Britain, the Breton of Cornouailles and the Wales recognize the authority of Rome.
the basileus Constantin V is in war with the Bulgares.
Constantin V establishes the population of Theodosioupolis and Mélitène in Thrace to weaken the hot area of Asia Mineure and to reinforce the Balkan border. It pushes back on the the Danube the Bulgarian ones arrived until Constantinople.

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