759

This page relates to the year 759 Calendrier Julien.

Events

Publication of a collection of popular songs to the Japan, the Manyôshû: 10000 sheets .
Foundation of the Buddhist temple of Tōshōdai-ji to Nara (Japan).
Beginning of the reign of Bögü, Kaghan of the Ouïgour S.
Rebuilding of the Mosque Al-Aqsa with Jerusalem.

Pépin the Brief takes again Narbonne with the Arab which controlled it since 719.

Goths de Narbonne massacre the Moslem garrison, then, having obtained the insurance to preserve their laws and their privileges, are subjected to Pépin.

Births in 759

Theodore Studite (759 - 826), chief of resistance to the Iconoclasts.

Death in 759

Wang Wei, Chinese painter (born in 699).

Map-bms: 759

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