789
This article is about the year 789. For the number, see 789 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 750s 760s 770s – 780s – 790s 800s 810s |
| Years: | 786 787 788 – 789 – 790 791 792 |
| 789 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 789 DCCLXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1542 |
| Armenian calendar | 238 ԹՎ ՄԼԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5539 |
| Bengali calendar | 196 |
| Berber calendar | 1739 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1333 |
| Burmese calendar | 151 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6297–6298 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3485 or 3425 — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3486 or 3426 |
| Coptic calendar | 505–506 |
| Discordian calendar | 1955 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 781–782 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4549–4550 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 845–846 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 711–712 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3890–3891 |
| Holocene calendar | 10789 |
| Iranian calendar | 167–168 |
| Islamic calendar | 172–173 |
| Japanese calendar | Enryaku 8 (延暦８年) |
| Julian calendar | 789 DCCLXXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3122 |
| Minguo calendar | 1123 before ROC 民前1123年 |
| Seleucid era | 1100/1101 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1331–1332 |
Text of the Admonitio generalis (789)
Year 789 (DCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 789 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Europe
- King Charlemagne crosses the Elbe River with a Frankish-Saxon army into Obotrite territory. He submits the Wiltzes and reaches the Baltic.
- King Pepin of Italy conquers Istria on the Adriatic, ignoring Byzantine protests. He establishes a tributary march and sends missionaries.
- Charlemagne issues the Admonitio generalis, which covers educational and ecclesiastical reforms within the Frankish Kingdom. [1]
- Charlemagne founds the town of Herford (modern Germany) in order to guard a ford crossing the narrow Werre River.
Britain
- King Beorhtric of Wessex marries princess Eadburh, daughter of king Offa of Mercia, and accepts Mercian overlordship.
- Constantine I is installed as king of the Picts. He becomes one of the greatest Scottish monarchs in the Viking period.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the first appearance of Vikings in England (see 787).
Arabian Empire
- Al-Khayzuran, widow of former Abbasid caliph Al-Mahdi, dies, leaving more of the effective power in the hands of Harun al-Rashid.
- The city of Fes (modern Morocco) is founded by emir Idris I, founder of the Zaydi Shi'te Idrisid dynasty.
Asia
- An uprising in Japan leads to a major defeat for emperor Kanmu, alongside a severe drought and famine—the streets of the capital Nagaoka-kyō are clogged with the sick.
Births
- Lu Shang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 859)
- Ziryab, Muslim poet and musician (d. 857)
Deaths
- Al-Khayzuran, wife of Al-Mahdi
- Fiachnae mac Áedo Róin, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
- Hildeprand, duke of Spoleto
- Mauregatus, king of Asturias (or 788)
- Torson, Frankish count of Toulouse (or 790)
- November 8 – Willehad, bishop of Bremen
References
- ↑ Jeep (2001), pp. 5–6
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