764 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Empress Shotoku succeeds Emperor Junnin on the throne of Japan.
• Beginning from November 12, Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days.
• Telets succeeds Subin as monarch of Bulgaria.
• Maurizio Galbaio becomes Doge of Venice.
• According to Theophanes, the Black Sea melted and ice bergs floated past Constantinople.
• Offa of Mercia conquers Kent, and installs Egbert II on the Kentish throne.

Births

Deaths

• Saint Étienne the Young, martyred