Who was alive in AD 766?
33 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 766. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.
Born in AD 766: Harun al-Rashid.
Charlemagne18–26
Abu Nuwas3–12
Du Fu53–54
Jabir ibn Hayyan44–45
Harun al-Rashidborn
Abu Hanifa67
Pope Leo III15–16
Pope Adrian I65–66
Pepin the Short48–53
Pope Paul I65–66
Pope Stephen III43–48
Malik ibn Anas52–57
Irene of Athens11–17
Rabia Basri46–56
Alcuin23–28
Abd al-Rahman I34–35- Roland28–29
Constantine V47–48
Nikephoros I13–18
Al-Mansur53- Carloman I14–15
Paul the Deacon43–48
Leo IV the Khazar16
Musa al-Kazim21
Krum10–11
Ibn Ishaq62
Al-Mahdi22- Theophanes the Confessor6–7
Desiderius53–58
Al-Hadi2–5
Emperor Kanmu28–29
Hisham I of Córdoba9
Alfonso II of Asturias7
Where the people alive in AD 766 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Charlemagne: Franciaf
- Abu Nuwas: Ahvaz
- Du Fu: Gongyi
- Jabir ibn Hayyan: Tus
- Harun al-Rashid: Ray
- Abu Hanifa: Kufa
- Pope Leo III: Rome
- Pope Adrian I: Rome
- Pepin the Short: Liège
- Pope Paul I: Rome
- Pope Stephen III: Syracuse
- Malik ibn Anas: Medina
- Irene of Athens: Athens
- Rabia Basri: Basra
- Alcuin: York
- Abd al-Rahman I: Damascus
- Constantine V: Constantinople
- Nikephoros I: Pisidia
- Al-Mansur: Humayma
- Carloman I: Soissons
- Paul the Deacon: Cividale del Friuli
- Leo IV the Khazar: Constantinople
- Musa al-Kazim: Al-Abwa
- Krum: First Bulgarian Empire
- Ibn Ishaq: Medina
- Al-Mahdi: Humayma
- Theophanes the Confessor: Constantinople
- Desiderius: Brescia
- Emperor Kanmu: Heijō-kyō
- Hisham I of Córdoba: Córdoba
- Alfonso II of Asturias: Oviedo