Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 710s 720s 730s 740s 750s - 760s - 770s 780s 790s 800s 810s Years: 757 758 759 760 761 - 762 - 763 764 765 766 767 Events Abbasid caliph al-Mansur founds new capital at Baghdad, Iraq Births Deaths Chinese poet Li Po, the Poet Immortal. He was said to have drowned in the Yangtze river, having fallen from his boat while drunkenly trying to embrace the moon.\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.