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Calendar overview 783
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| 783 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 231/232 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 775/776 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1326/27 (southern Buddhism); 1325/26 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 57th (58th) cycle
Year of the Water Pig癸亥 ( at the beginning of the year Water Dog 壬戌) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 145/146 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 161/162 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 166/167 (August 4th / 5th) |
| Jewish calendar | 4543/44 (September 1st and 2nd) |
| Coptic calendar | 499/500 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDXXXVI (1536)
Diocletian's era : 499/500 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1093/94 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1094/95 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 821 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 839/840 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Franconian Empire / Saxony
- October: After the death of his wife Hildegard , Charlemagne marries Fastrada in his 3rd (or 4th) marriage .
- As part of the Saxon wars , the defeat of Saxony , the franc initially in the Battle of the Grotenburg at Detmold, but are then in turn, by the Franks, where reinforcement was their army succeeded in the Battle of the Rabbit struck. Duke Widukind has to retire to his castle near Rulle near Osnabrück .
Asturias
Asia
- Muslim campaign under Prince Hārūn ar-Raschīd through Anatolia to the Bosporus
- around 783: Vatsaraja from the Pratihara dynasty succeeds in expanding his rule over numerous Radjput princes in northern India .
First documentary mentions
- First mention of Altbach , Asslar , Detmold , Ellerstadt , Engstingen , Malsch (near Wiesloch) , Mühlhausen , Mulfingen , Ötisheim
science and technology
Culture
- around 783: The so-called Godescalc Gospel Book is created at Charlemagne's court, the first of a series of artistic manuscripts from the Franconian court.
Born
Died
- April 30th : Hildegard , wife of Charlemagne (* 758 )
- June 12 : Bertrada the Younger , mother of Charlemagne (* around 725 )
- Cynewulf , Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Megingaud of Würzburg , second bishop of Würzburg (* 710 )
- Shiloh , King of Asturias
- Han Gan , Chinese painter (* 706 )
- around 783: Remigius , Bishop of Strasbourg
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