7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (4)
Li Guangbi, with 50,000 men, fought Shi Siming at Beimang and was defeated; Heyang and Huizhou fell, and martial law was declared in the capital. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書 卷10 上元2年 2月)
With the aim of attacking Silla, twenty boys each from the provinces of Mino and Musashi are made to learn the Silla language. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第23 「乙未。令美濃。武藏二」)
In February 761, Nu La and the Dangxiang invade Baoji, burn Dasan pass, invade Fengzhou to the south, kill its governor Xiao Xinye, plunder greatly and go west; Li Ding, jiedushi of Fengxiang, pursues and defeats them. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 권222 761년 항)
Li Huan is defeated in battle and flees to Chengdu; Zizhang proclaims himself King of Liang, adopts the reign name Huanglong, makes Mianzhou the Longan prefecture, sets up officials of all ranks, and also takes Jianzhou. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 권222 761년 항)
Waifar sends his army as far as Calvilo to plunder Frankish domains. Pippin, holding the general assembly at Duria, invades Aquitaine and takes several fortresses including Bourbon and Cantilia (Royal Frankish Annals ARF(Einhard판) a.761, Kurze 1895 p.19)
Pippin goes as far as the town of Limobicas and turns back; his eldest son Charles accompanied him on this campaign (Royal Frankish Annals ARF(Einhard판) a.761, Kurze 1895 p.21)