790s — in der Geschichte
Einträge
Nach Jahr
Höhepunkte
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792
Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
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792
Jænberht, archbishop of Canterbury
- 793
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793
Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.
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794
Æthelberht II, king of East Anglia
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794
Fastrada, Frankish noblewoman (b. 765)
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794
Japanese Emperor Kanmu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
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794
Kaiser Kanmu verlegt die japanische Hauptstadt nach Heian-kyō (heute Kyoto).
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794
King Æthelberht II of East Anglia visits the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls, with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth. He is taken captive and beheaded.
Æthelberht II of East Anglia · Mercia · Sutton Walls Hill Fort
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795
Pope Adrian I (b. 700)
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796
King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.
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796
Hisham I, Muslim emir (b. 757)
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796
Æthelred I, king of Northumbria
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796
Eanbald, archbishop of York
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796
Offa of Mercia (b. 730)
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797
Donnchad Midi, Irish king (b. 733)
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797
Empress Irene organizes a conspiracy against her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI. He is deposed and blinded. Shortly after, Constantine dies of his wounds; Irene proclaims herself basileus.
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799
Musa al-Kadhim, arabischer Imam (geb. 745)
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799
Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and historian (b. 720)
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799
After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.