AD 777 explained

Year 777 (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

By place

Europe

• Saxon Wars: King Charlemagne spends Easter in Nijmegen, and leads a large Frankish army to Paderborn, where a general assembly of Carolingian and Saxon leaders had been summoned. Saxon lands are integrated into the Frankish Kingdom, and divided into missionary parishes. Duke Widukind and his followers flee to King Sigfred of Denmark, seeking refuge and support.^[1]
• Abbasid–Carolingian alliance: Charlemagne receives a request for support from pro-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 emir Abd al-Rahman I.^[2]

Africa

• Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam is recognized as imam of the Ibadis, in Maghreb (western North Africa).

By topic

Religion

• Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria founds Kremsmünster Abbey (modern Austria). During this period, the Tassilo Chalice is possibly donated by Luitpirga, wife of Tassilo (approximate date).

Births

• date unknown
  • Heungdeok, king of Silla (Korea) (d. 836)
  • Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, Muslim imam (or 778)
  • Masawaiyh, Assyrian physician (d. 857)

Deaths

• date unknown
  • Feardomhnach, abbot of Tuam (Ireland)
  • Flaithrí mac Domnaill, king of Connacht (Ireland)
  • Fujiwara no Kiyonari, Japanese nobleman (b. 716)
  • Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu, Japanese statesman (b. 716)
  • Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Muslim astronomer^[3]
  • Waermund, bishop of Worcester^[4]
• probable
  • Telerig, ruler (khagan) of Bulgaria
  • Walpurga, Anglo-Saxon missionary (or 779)

Notes and References

1. David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 12. .
2. David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 16. .
3. Encyclopedia: Thomas Hockey . etal . Plofker . Kim . Fazārī: Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al‐Fazārī . The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers . Springer . 2007 . New York . 362–3 . 978-0-387-31022-0.
4. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X. 223.