780s
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 750s 760s 770s – 780s – 790s 800s 810s |
| Years: | 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
780s: events by year
Contents: 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789
780
By place
Byzantine Empire
- September - Constantine VI becomes Byzantine Emperor with Irene as guardian.
Asia
- Borobudur, a Buddhist temple complex, is begun (approximate date).
- The king of Silla is killed in a revolt.
Europe
- Drest III succeeds Alpin II as king of the Picts.
- The city of Osnabrück is founded by Charlemagne (approximate date).
782
By place
Europe
- Charlemagne summons the monk and scholar Alcuin of York to head the palace school at Aachen in order to inspire the revival of education in Europe.
- The Massacre of Verden is ordered by Charlemagne against the Saxons.
Asia
- Defection of the Byzantine general Tatzates allows Harun al-Rashid to advance to within sight of Constantinople and impose a harsh truce on Empress Irene of Athens.
By topic
Art
- Nanchan Temple, Wutaishan, Shanxi, is built. Tang dynasty.
783
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Campaigns of the Byzantine general Staurakios against the Sclaviniae of Greece.
784
By place
Asia
- The Japanese capital moves away from Nara, ending the Nara period.
- The Chinese engineer and prince Li Gao invents a successful model of a paddle-wheel ship.
By topic
Religion
- August 31 – Paul IV abdicates as Patriarch of Constantinople.
- December 25 – Tarasius is elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
785
By place
Europe
- Widukind and many other Saxons are baptized.
- The Frankish empire conquers Girona from the Moors.
- Talorgen succeeds Talorcan II as king of the Picts.
- Višeslav becomes ruler of Croatian Dalmatia.
Asia
- al-Hadi becomes caliph.
By topic
Art
- 785–786 – The construction of the Prayer hall, Great Mosque of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, is started.
Religion
- Cologne becomes an archbishopric.
- Council of Paderborn.
786
By place
- Byzantine Empire
- A council is organized in Constantinople, but is disturbed by soldiers.
- Middle East
- September 14 – Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad upon the death of his brother al-Hadi, and appoints Salim Yunisi as the Abbasid governor of Sindh and the Indus Valley. Harun al-Rashid rules until 809.
By topic
- Religion
- Beatus of Liébana, Spanish monk, publishes his Commentary on the Apocalypse.
787
By place
Europe
Africa
By topic
Religion
- The Second Council of Nicaea ends the first iconoclastic period in the Byzantine Empire.
788
By place
Europe
- Charlemagne conquers Bavaria.
- Bermudo I succeeds Mauregato as king of Asturias.
Asia
- September – The Byzantines are defeated by an Abbasid army in the Battle of Kopidnados.
By topic
Religion
- Start of the period covered in Adam of Bremen's history of the archbishopry of Hamburg.
789
By place
Asia
- An uprising in Japan leads to a major defeat for Emperor Kammu, alongside a severe drought and famine.
- Fes, Morocco is founded by Idris I.
- Al-Khayzuran dies, leaving more of the effective power in the hands of Harun al-Rashid, the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Europe
- Caustantín becomes king of the Picts.
- Herford is founded by Charlemagne.
- The Admonitio Generalis is passed by Charlemagne.
- Eadburh marries Beorhtric of Wessex.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the first appearance of Vikings in England.
Significant people
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References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.25.
