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Calendar overview 778
Map with all linked sites: | 778 | |
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 in which Charlemagne suffers his only defeat. |
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| 778 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 226/227 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 770/771 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1321/22 (southern Buddhism); 1320/21 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 57th (58th) cycle
Year of the Earth-Horse戊午 ( at the beginning of the year Fire-Snake 丁巳) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 140/141 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 156/157 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 161/162 (September 27-28) |
| Jewish calendar | 4538/39 (August 28-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 494/495 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDXXXI (1531)
Diocletian's era : 494/495 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1088/89 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1089/90 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 816 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 834/835 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- August 15 : After the Franks crossed the Pyrenees , destroyed Pamplona and besieged Saragossa (in vain), a fierce battle with the Basques broke out during the retreat . The Breton Margrave Hruotland is killed in the rearguard battle of Roncesvalles : his end becomes legend in the Roland song as a heroic defensive battle . The reason for the campaign were disputes between Abd ar-Rahman I of Córdoba and the governor of Saragossa, Ibn Arabi. The latter assures the Franks the position of hostages and territorial gains.
- Invasion of the Westphalian Saxons in the Franconian Rhineland
- The Byzantines under Emperor Leo IV achieved an important victory against the Arabs .
- Fergus II becomes king of the Irish-Scottish empire Dalriada ; he takes over from Aed .
- Adaric and Sancho I become dukes of Gascony .
First documentary mentions
- Alsheim-Gronau , Buggingen , Duttenberg , Flehingen , Gretzenbach , Haßmersheim , Kirchheimbolanden (as Kirchheim), Königsdorf , Laupheim , Schönenwerd and Schotten are mentioned for the first time.
religion
- Simpert becomes Bishop of Augsburg, succeeding Tozzo , who died on January 16 .
Born
- June / August: Ludwig I , ("the pious"), Emperor of the Franconian Empire († 840 )
- Zhaozhou Congshen , Chinese Zen master († 897 )
Died
- January 16 : Tozzo , Bishop of Augsburg
- May: Sufyān ath-Thaurī , Islamic scholar (* 716 )
- August 15 : Hruotland , Breton margrave and hero in the Rolandslied (* around 736 )
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