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Calendar overview 796
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| 796 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 244/245 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 788/789 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1339/40 (southern Buddhism); 1338/39 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 58th (59th) cycle
Year of the Fire Rat丙子 ( at the beginning of the year wood pig 乙亥) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 158/159 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 174/175 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 179/180 (March 15/16) |
| Jewish calendar | 4556/57 (September 7th / 8th) |
| Coptic calendar | 512/513 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDIL (1549)
Diocletian's era : 512/513 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1106/07 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1107/08 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 834 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 852/853 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Franconian Empire
- Charlemagne founded the Avarsmark and Karantanien as border brands of the Franconian Empire .
- Pippin , son of Charlemagne and since 781 King of Italy , won for the second time after 795 the main castle ( "Ring") of the Avars , they plundered before making it to the ground. The Avar Chagan submits to Pippin on the Danube. The remaining Avars, who did not submit, withdrew behind the Tisza .
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the British Isles
- April 18th : After the death of Æthelred I , who falls victim to a conspiracy by the Ealdormen Ealdred and Wada, Osbald is his successor as King of Northumbria . After only 27 days he was deposed and first had to flee to Lindisfarne Monastery . A little later he received asylum with the Picts under King Caustantín mac Fergusa . His successor Eardwulf returns from exile and ascends the Northumbrian throne on May 14th . He is crowned by three bishops on May 26th .
- Kent uses the death of King Offa of Mercia on July 26th to meet Eadberht III. Præn to proclaim an independent king. He only rules two years before Mercia regains control of Kent and deposes Eadbert. In East Anglia too, encouraged by Mercia's weakness, Eadwald, an independent king, sits on the throne for a short time.
- July 26th : Ecgfrith succeeds King Offa in Mercia ; he rules only a few months until his death on 14 / 17 December , so in the same year Coenwulf of Mercia King of Mercia is.
Iberian Peninsula
- Al-Hakam I becomes the emir of Cordoba . He is the successor of his father Hischam I. His uncles and rival throne Sulayman and Abdallah, who allied themselves with the Franks under Charlemagne, are resigned to a partial rule in eastern Spain.
Asia
First documentary mentions
religion
- A bishops' conference defines the Drau as the borderline for the dioceses of Salzburg and Aquileia in the area of the Slovenes subjected by the Franks as part of the Avar campaigns .
- At a synod in Bavaria, Charlemagne was informed by the church, which was skeptical of the forced mass baptisms of the Saxons as a result of the Saxon Wars , that conversion was not the work of man but the work of God and that baptism had to be preceded by instruction. Karl's resettlement policy and the taxation of the Saxons are also criticized.
- Alcuin leaves Charlemagne's court and becomes abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours .
- Eanbald II becomes the new Archbishop of York to succeed Eanbald I.
- Theothun succeeds Audogar as second abbot of Kempten .
Born
- Notburga von Bühl , legendary Scottish king's daughter, saint of the Catholic Church († 840 )
- Dhū n-Nūn al-Misrī , Egyptian Sufi († 859 )
Died
Date of death secured
- April 18 : Æthelred I , two-time king of Northumbria (* around 762 )
- July 26th : Offa , King of Mercia
- 14 / December 17 : Ecgfrith , King of Mercia
Exact date of death unknown
- Hisham I , Emir of Cordoba (* 757 )
- Thrisong Detsen , King of Tibet (* 742 )
Web links
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