790s

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century – 8th century – 9th century
Decades:	760s 770s 780s – 790s – 800s 810s 820s
Years:	790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

790s: events by year

Contents: 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799

790 By place

Byzantine Empire

A revolt against Empress Irene leads to Constantine VI being declared sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire

Europe

Alcuin returns to England.

By topic

Religion

Angilbert is made abbot of Saint-Riquier.

791 By place

Europe

The Avars invade Europe again, but are defeated by Charlemagne.
Alfonso II becomes king of Asturias.

792 By place

Byzantine Empire

Irene is confirmed empress of the Byzantine Empire.

Europe

The Westphalians rise up against the Saxons (see Charlemagne).

Asia

Hisham I calls for a jihad.

793 By place

Europe

June 8 – Vikings sack the monastery of Lindisfarne, Northumbria, their first major viking attack in England.
The Frisian–Frankish wars came to an end with the last uprising of the Frisians in 793.

Asia

A jihad under Hisham I takes place.

By topic

Religion

Offa of Mercia founds an abbey at St Albans.

794 By place

Asia

Kyoto becomes the Japanese capital, ending the Nara period, and beginning the Heian period.

Europe

Council of Frankfurt: oldest known mentioning of Frankfurt.
Vikings sack the Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey.

795 By place

Europe

In the earliest recorded Viking raid on Ireland, they attack Iona, Inisbofin and Inismurray.
City of Paderborn founded by Charlemagne in Westphalia.

By topic

Religion

December 26 – Pope Leo III succeeds Pope Adrian I as the 96th pope.

796 By place

Europe

December – Coenwulf becomes king of Mercia.
Charlemagne defeats the Avars.

Asia

Tō-ji is established in Kyoto, Japan.

797 By place

Byzantine Empire

July 17 – Irene of Athens orders her son, Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI, captured and deposed.
August 15 – Irene of Athens's orders are carried out; her son is blinded, and she is declared empress the next day.

798 By place

Europe

Coenwulf of Mercia invades Kent, deposes and imprisons King Eadbert Praen, and makes his own brother Cuthred king.
Sigered succeeds Sigeric as king of Essex.
In the Battle of Bornhöved Slavic Obodrites led by Drożko defeated the Nordalbingian Saxons. In the coming years they were granted areas of nowadays Hamburg.
Bahlul Ibn Marzuq revolted in Zaragoza against the central government of Muslim Al-Andalus.
High water mark of Alfonso II of Asturias's campaigns against al-Andalus, the Christians sack Lisbon.^[1]

By topic

Religion

Theodulf becomes bishop of Orléans (approximate date).

799 By topic

Religion

29 November – Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome.

Significant people

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References

^ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle0. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.