Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 700s 710s 720s 730s 740s - 750s - 760s 770s 780s 790s 800s Years: 753 754 755 756 757 - 758 - 759 760 761 762 763 Events End of the reign of Empress Koken of Japan; she is succeeded by Emperor Junnin. King Desiderius of the Lombards capture Spoleto and Benevento. Swithred succeeded by Sigeric as king of Essex. The Chineese city Guangzhou was sacked by Arab and Persian raiders. Births Theodore the Studite, monk (approximate date) Deaths\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.