Wikipedia:
Year 762 (DCCLXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 762 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
Asia
July 30 – Abbasid caliph al-Mansur founds a new capital at Baghdad, Iraq.Tang military leader Li Fuguo kills the wife of Suzong, Empress Zhang,and shortly afterward Suzong dies of a heart attack; Daizong kills Li.
Births
Deaths
Li Bai, Chinese poet (b. 701)Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China (b. 685)Li Po, Chinese poet (b. 701)Emperor Suzong of Tang China (b. 711)Li Fuguo, Chinese eunuch official and military leader (b. 704)Gao Lishi, Chinese official and court eunuch (b. 684)Empress Zhang, second wife of Tang Dynasty Emperor SuzongÆthelbert II of Kent, king of Kent
