Decades: 720s 730s 740s 750s 760s - 770s - 780s 790s 800s 810s 820s

Years: 772 773 774 775 776 - 777 - 778 779 780 781 782

• Huai Tsu got drunk and created the Running Grass (also known as the Startled Snake Slithering Through Grass in Fury of Whirlwind and Driving Rain) style of Chinese Writing.
• Charlemagne beats the Saxons. Saxon leader Widukind flees to Denmark.
• Kardam succeeds Telerig as monarch of Bulgaria.

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