785 deaths

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr (; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abbasid Caliph who reigned from 775 to his death in 785. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur.

Japanese statesman and poet of the Nara period

Chinese calligrapher (709-785)

one of the transmitters of the seven canonical Qira'at (689–785)

poet

Greek astrologer

King of Silla

Tatzates or Tatzatios (, from Tačat) was a prominent Byzantine general of Armenian descent, who in 782 defected to the Abbasids and was appointed governor of Arminiya.

ajaw of Quirigua

son of emperor Kōnin; brother of emperor Kammu

provincial Abbasid governor

Japanese scholar and writer

Japanese noble

8th-century Irish monarch

Tang Dynasty prince

Irish king

Chinese general

Tang dynasty Chancellor