798
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This article is about the year 798. For the number, see 798 (number). For the Beijing district, see 798 Art Zone.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 760s 770s 780s – 790s – 800s 810s 820s |
| Years: | 795 796 797 – 798 – 799 800 801 |
| 798 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 798 DCCXCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1551 |
| Armenian calendar | 247 ԹՎ ՄԽԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5548 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −1046 – −1045 |
| Bengali calendar | 205 |
| Berber calendar | 1748 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1342 |
| Burmese calendar | 160 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6306–6307 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3494 or 3434 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3495 or 3435 |
| Coptic calendar | 514–515 |
| Discordian calendar | 1964 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 790–791 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4558–4559 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 854–855 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 720–721 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3899–3900 |
| Holocene calendar | 10798 |
| Igbo calendar | −202 – −201 |
| Iranian calendar | 176–177 |
| Islamic calendar | 181–182 |
| Japanese calendar | Enryaku 17 (延暦１７年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 798 DCCXCVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3131 |
| Minguo calendar | 1114 before ROC 民前1114年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1341 |
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Year 798 (DCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 798 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.
Events
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).
Births
- Lu tung pin, Chinese historical figure and deity/immortal. Historical reference is at microcosmic orbit
Deaths
- Abu Yusuf Ya'qub, jurist.
- Wonseong of Silla, 38th ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla.
- Caradog ap Meirion (Caradog son of Meirion), was King of Gwynedd.
- Lu Mai, official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty.
References
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