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Calendar overview 785
Map with all linked sites: | 785 | |
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 after he surrendered to the Franks . |
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| 785 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 233/234 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 777/778 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1328/29 (southern Buddhism); 1327/28 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 58th (59th) cycle
Year of the Wood Ox 乙丑 ( at the beginning of the year Wood Rat R) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 147/148 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 163/164 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 168/169 (July 13-14) |
| Jewish calendar | 4545/46 (9/10 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 501/502 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDXXXVIII (1538)
Diocletian's era : 501/502 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1095/96 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1096/97 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 823 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 841/842 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- December 25th : Widukind is baptized in the Carolingian royal palace of Attigny after he surrendered to the Franks
- The Iberian city of Girona , which is ruled by the Moors , is taken by troops of the Franks.
- The Kingdom of Kent , ruled by the independent King Heahberht , comes under the direct administration of Mercia under King Offa .
- First documentary mention of Nagold and Schleißheim
Asia
- Abū Muhammad Mūsā ibn al-Mahdī, called al-Hādī , becomes the fourth caliph of the Abbasid dynasty after the death of Al-Mahdi ; he only rules for a year.
religion
- June 11th : Arno is ordained Bishop of Salzburg , he is the successor of Virgilius, who died the previous year . He later achieved the elevation of his diocese to an archdiocese.
- Council of Paderborn : As part of the Christianization of the Saxons , the Franconian clergy decided to criminalize all idolatry and belief in witches .
- The missionary Liudger destroys a shrine of the Frisian god Fosite on the island of Fositesland ( Helgoland ) .
- The first cathedral in Osnabrück is consecrated. The Diocese of Osnabrück was founded by Charlemagne between 780 and 800.
- Patto becomes Bishop of Verden ; he replaces its first bishop Schwibrecht.
Born
- around 785: Harald Klak , King of Denmark († around 846 )
Died
- October 5 : Ōtomo no Yakamochi , Japanese poet (* 718 )
- al-Mahdi , third Abbasid caliph (* 742 )
- Theophilos von Edessa , Christian-Syrian scholar (* 695 )
- Ealhmund , King of Kent
- after 785: Widukind , leader of the Saxon resistance against the Frankish conquest (* around 730 )
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