Year 764 (DCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 764 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 Domenico Monegario is deposed, after Pope Paul I demanded donations from Venice. Monegario is blinded and exiled, and succeeded by Maurizio Galbaio as the 7th doge of Venice. During his reign, Venetian wealth is increased via trade. Britain King Offa of Mercia conquers Kent, and brings an end to the rule of kings Ealhmund and Sigered in West Kent. He imposes Mercian overlordship on the kingdom, but allows a local king, Heaberht, to rule there. Asia October 14–21 – Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion: A short-lived revolt led by Fujiwara no Nakamaro is suppressed. Emperor Junnin is deposed after a 6-year reign, and forced into exile. Former empress Kōken reassumes the imperial throne of Japan, and takes the name Shōtoku. She appoints her close associate, the priest Dōkyō, prime minister (taishi), running the government with him. Nakamaro is captured and killed with his wife and children. By topic Geography According to the historian Theophanes the Confessor, icebergs float past Constantinople from the Black Sea (approximate date). Religion Cancor, a Frankish count (possibly of Hesbaye), founds Lorsch Abbey (modern-day Germany). Births Abu Thawr, Muslim scholar (d. 854) Al-Hadi, Muslim caliph (d. 786) Fujiwara no Nakanari, Japanese nobleman (d. 810) Li Jiang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 830) Tian Hongzheng, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 821) Deaths January 17 – Joseph of Freising, German bishop Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari, wife of caliph al-Mansur. Abdallah ibn Ali, Muslim general Bregowine, archbishop of Canterbury Fujiwara no Nakamaro, Japanese statesman (b. 706) Stephen the Younger, Byzantine theologian (or 765) References