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Calendar overview 779
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| 779 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 227/228 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 771/772 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1322/23 (southern Buddhism); 1321/22 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 57th (58th) cycle
Year of the Earth- Sheep 己未 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Horse 戊午) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 141/142 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 157/158 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 162/163 (September 16/17) |
| Jewish calendar | 4539/40 (September 15/16) |
| Coptic calendar | 495/496 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDXXXII (1532)
Diocletian's era : 495/496 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1089/90 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1090/91 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 817 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 835/836 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- 778 /779: Ælfwald I. becomes king of Northumbria after Æthelred I. (Northumbria) has been discontinued.
- In the course of the Saxon Wars , Duke Widukind , who had returned from Denmark , began to involve the Frankish conquerors in a protracted guerrilla war.
- Offa , King of Mercia , defeats King Cynewulf of Wessex and conquers Berkshire .
First documentary mentions
- Adelsheim , Benningen am Neckar , Bermatingen , Bocholt , Bütschwil , Dürrmenz , Erfelden , Ganterschwil , Großbottwar , Greater Saxony , Heidingsfeld , Hochdorf an der Enz , Ingersheim , Kist , Markgröningen , Matzingen , Niederaula , Nieder-Erlenbach , Ohrnberg , Reichertshausen , Schallstadt , Schwarzenbach , Stangenbach and Vaihingen an der Enz are first mentioned in a document.
Asia
- After the death of Emperor Tang Daizong , his son Li Shi ascended the Chinese throne of the Tang Dynasty under the name Tang Dezong . He makes the financial expert Yang Yan Chancellor of the Empire. In order to fill the state coffers, this abolishes all special taxes and levies and introduces the so-called double tax system, a property tax to be paid by all property owners, which requires a different quota of income depending on the district.
religion
- January 21 : The Schliersee monastery is mentioned for the first time in a document as the “cell on the Slyrse”.
- After the death of Sturmius around December 17th, Baugulf becomes his successor as Abbot of Fulda .
- The Kapitular of Herstal is announced.
- The abbey of Sainte-Marie de Lagrasse is built by the first abbot Nebridius on behalf of Charlemagne . The abbey becomes the first religious center in Languedoc and is under special protection of the emperor.
nature and environment
- August 16 : Total solar eclipse in southern Spain and Algeria.
Born
Died
- Probably February 25th : Walburga , Anglo-Saxon Benedictine and abbess of Heidenheim (* around 710 )
- around December 17th : Sturmius , Bavarian missionary and priest monk as well as founder and first abbot of the Fulda monastery (* after 700)
- Tang Daizong , Chinese Emperor of the Tang Dynasty
Web links
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