Years: 755 756 757 758 - 759 - 760 761 762 763

Decades: 720s 730s 740s - 750s - 760s 770s 780s

Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Events

• The Franks capture Narbonne; the Saracens are completely driven out of France.
• Japanese poet Otomo no Yakamochi compiled the first Japanese poetry anthology Man'yoshu.
• Saint Bregwin is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.

Births

• Alphonso II of Asturias (d. 842)

Deaths

• Wang Wei, Chinese poet, painter and musician (b. 698)