Years: 771 772 773 774 - 775 - 776 777 778 779

Decades: 740s 750s 760s - 770s - 780s 790s 800s

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

Events

• Leo IV succeeds Constantine V as Byzantine Emperor.
• Battle of Otford between Mercia and Kent.
• Alpin II succeeds Ciniod as king of the Picts.

Births

Deaths

• Al-Mansur, second Abbasid caliph
• September 14 - Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor