789
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This article is about the year 789. For the number (and other uses), see 789 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 750s 760s 770s – 780s – 790s 800s 810s |
| Years: | 786 787 788 – 789 – 790 791 792 |
| 789 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 789 DCCLXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1542 |
| Armenian calendar | 238 ԹՎ ՄԼԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5539 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1055–-1054 |
| Bengali calendar | 196 |
| Berber calendar | 1739 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1333 |
| Burmese calendar | 151 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6297–6298 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年十二月初一日 (3425/3485-12-1) — to —
己巳年十二月十一日(3426/3486-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 505–506 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 781–782 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4549–4550 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 845–846 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 711–712 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3890–3891 |
| Holocene calendar | 10789 |
| Iranian calendar | 167–168 |
| Islamic calendar | 172–173 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 789 DCCLXXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3122 |
| Minguo calendar | 1123 before ROC 民前1123年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1332 |
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Year 789 (DCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 789 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Births
- Ziryab, Arab poet and musician
