AD 757

This article is about the year 757. For the airplane, see Boeing 757. For other uses, see 757 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century 8th century 9th century
Decades:	730s 740s 750s 760s 770s
Years:	754 755 756 757 758 759 760

757 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	757 DCCLVII
Ab urbe condita	1510
Armenian calendar	206 ԹՎ ՄԶ
Assyrian calendar	5507
Balinese saka calendar	678–679
Bengali calendar	164
Berber calendar	1707
Buddhist calendar	1301
Burmese calendar	119
Byzantine calendar	6265–6266
Chinese calendar	丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3454 or 3247     — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3455 or 3248
Coptic calendar	473–474
Discordian calendar	1923
Ethiopian calendar	749–750
Hebrew calendar	4517–4518
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	813–814
- Shaka Samvat	678–679
- Kali Yuga	3857–3858
Holocene calendar	10757
Iranian calendar	135–136
Islamic calendar	139–140
Japanese calendar	Tenpyō-shōhō 9 / Tenpyō-hōji 1 (天平宝字元年)
Javanese calendar	651–652
Julian calendar	757 DCCLVII
Korean calendar	3090
Minguo calendar	1155 before ROC 民前1155年
Nanakshahi calendar	−711
Seleucid era	1068/1069 AG
Thai solar calendar	1299–1300
Tibetan calendar	阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 883 or 502 or −270     — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 884 or 503 or −269

Year 757 (DCCLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 757 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

By place

Britain

• King Æthelbald of Mercia is murdered by his own household in a palace coup. He is succeeded briefly by Beornred, but is ousted by Æthelbald's distant cousin, Offa.

Africa

• Foundation of the city of Sijilmasa by the Meknasids, a Kharijite Berber tribe.

Asia

• January 29 – An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang Dynasty and emperor of Yan, is murdered by his own son, An Qingxu.
• March 9 – A major earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria.
• December 8 – Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.
• The Battle of Suiyang is fought.

Europe

• Fruela I becomes king of Asturias.
• Tassilo III, duke of the Bavarians, recognizes the supremacy of Frankish king Pepin the Short.

By topic

Religion

• May 29 – Pope Paul I succeeds Pope Stephen II as the 93rd pope.

Births

• Yeshe Tsogyal, consort of Trisong Detsen (d. 817)

Deaths

• Æthelbald, king of Mercia
• April 26 – Pope Stephen II
• Alphonso I, king of Asturias (b. 739)
• Sigeberht of Wessex, king of Wessex
• Baldred of Tyninghame, hermit and saint
• Crimhthann mac Reachtghal, Abbot of Clonfert
• Suibhne of Clonfert, Abbot of Clonfert
• Cummascach mac Flainn, king of Uí Failge
• Geshu Han, general under the Tang Dynasty
• Zhang Xun, general under the Tang Dynasty
• An Lushan, noted Tang Dynasty military commander
• Li Lin, imperial prince of the Tang Dynasty
• Li Tan, imperial prince of the Tang Dynasty
• Ono no Azumabito, court official during Japan's Nara Period
• Habib ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri, Arab noble, ruler of Ifriqiya