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 |
This is a list of events occurring in the 780s, ordered 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).
781
By place
Asia
- July 31 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
- Emperor Kammu succeeds Emperor Kōnin as Emperor of Japan.
- New city of Bian (汴) constructed on the site of Kaifeng in China.
Europe
- Charlemagne defines the Papal territory (see Papal States).
- Talorcan II succeeds Drest III as king of the Picts.
- Alcuin becomes Charlemagne's chief adviser on religious and educational matters.
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
- Harun al-Rashid invades Byzantine Anatolia and advances to within sight of Constantinople. Trapped on his return march, he is rescued by the defection of the Byzantine general Tatzates, which allows him to 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
- June 11 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. Idris ibn Abdallah flees to the Maghreb, where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty.
- 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
Births
Deaths
References
- ↑ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.25.
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