759

759 (DCCLIX) was a common year beginning on a Monday of the Julian calendar, in effect on that date.

Events

• April 10: Rebellion of An Lushan – Shi Shiming murders Emperor An Qingshu, son of An Lushan, and becomes the leader of the revolt against the Tangs.
• April 24: In San Miguel de Pedroso (now Spain), there is a female convent of 28 nuns with its priest. The constitution of the Monastery of San Miguel de Pedroso is carried out by the Abbey Nonna Bella.
• Battle of the Rishki Pass between the Eastern Roman Empire and the First Bulgarian Empire.
• Narbona Site End. Pipino el Breve's francs defeat the Omeya Caliphate, stopping the Muslim expansion on the Iberian peninsula.

Art and literature

• In Japan, the poem is published Man'yōshū.
• In Japan, the Buddhist temple of Tōshōdai-ji is completed.

Deaths

• Oswulf, Anglo-Saxon king of Northumbria.