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Calendar overview 791
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| 791 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 239/240 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 783/784 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1334/35 (southern Buddhism); 1333/34 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 58th (59th) cycle
Year of the metal sheep辛未 ( at the beginning of the year metal horse 庚午) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 153/154 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 169/170 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 174/175 (May 9/10) |
| Jewish calendar | 4551/52 (September 2/3) |
| Coptic calendar | 507/508 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDXLIV (1544)
Diocletian's era : 507/508 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1101/02 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1102/03 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 829 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 847/848 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- After a first invasion of the Avars , Charlemagne took an offensive against them: until 803 he repeatedly led campaigns in the Pannonian plain. On October 26th, Bishop Angilram of Metz, who was accompanying Charles on his Avar procession, was killed.
- The Slavic Knes Vojnomir is enfeoffed by Charlemagne after the expulsion of the Avars with White Croatia , a Slavic duchy in the Bavarian East Mark .
- Hisham I , Emir of Cordoba , moves against his northern neighbors. Bermudo I of Asturias is defeated, and the Franconian acquisitions south of the Pyrenees are also threatened as a result.
- Bermudo I of Asturias resigns as king in favor of his nephew Alfonso II , the chaste.
- Hildebold , Bishop of Cologne , is appointed Archkaplan and Chancellor of the Reich Chancellery by Charlemagne.
Africa
- Idris I , founder of the Moroccan rule of the Idrisids , is poisoned before the birth of his son Idris II - allegedly on the orders of the Abbasid caliph Hārūn ar-Raschīd . The long-time servant Raschid takes over the reign of the newborn Idris II.
Asia
First documentary mentions
- Leimen is first mentioned in a document.
religion
Catholic church hierarchy
- Adalwin succeeds Simpert , who died on September 29, as Bishop of Regensburg .
- Richbod , Abbot of Lorsch Monastery , becomes Archbishop of Trier as the successor to Wiomad , who died on November 8th .
Monasteries and churches
- Start of construction on the Ratgar Basilica in Fulda Monastery
- The missionary Liudger builds a church in Leer .
- Founding of the Sankt Pölten Monastery by monks from the Tegernsee Abbey
Born
Died
- September 29th : Simpert , Bishop of Regensburg
- October 26th : Angilram , Bishop of Metz
- November 8th : Wiomad , Archbishop of Trier
- Idris I , first ruler of the Idrisids
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