Events November 16 - Nicetas appointed Patriarch of Constantinople Births January 1 - Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. ... A period of anarchy begins in Bulgaria. ... Events Charles (Charlemagne) and Carloman divide the Frankish kingdom after the death of their father Pippin the Short. ... Pope Stephen III holds a council. ... Events December 4 - Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frank kingdom (Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Franks at Rome on Christmas Day, 800). ... Events Pope Adrian I succeeds Pope Stephen IV. Adrian I turns to Charlemagne for support against king Desiderius of the Lombards. ... Events Charlemagne crosses the Alps and invades the kingdom of the Lombards. ... Events Charlemagne conquers the kingdom of the Lombards, and takes title King of the Lombards. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s Years: 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 Events: Categories: 740s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s Years: 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 Events: Categories: 750s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s Years: 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 Events: Charlemagne inherits Kingdom of the Franks from Pippin the Younger Categories: 760s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s Years: 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 Events: Categories: 770s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s Years: 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 Events and trends: Charlemagne expands the Frankish kingdom by gains in Saxony, Bavaria and Spain. ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s Years: 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 Events and trends: In 793, the Vikings sack the monastery of Lindisfarne. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 750s 760s 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s 840s 850s Years: 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 Significant Events and Trends Swedish town of Birka founded as a centre of trade on the island of Björk... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... 769 state leaders - Events of 770 - 771 state leaders - State leaders by year // Africa Makuria - ? Nekor - Said I ibn Idris King of Nekor (760-803) America Copán - Yax-Pasaj Chan Yoaat, (763-aft. ... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... Ab urbe condita (related with Anno urbis conditae: AUC or a. ... Dates are marked by the letters Ô¹ÕŽ or the like, often with a line over, indicating tvin (in the year) followed by one to four letters, each of which stands for a number based on its order in the alphabet. ... The Baháí calendar, common to the Baháí Faith, is a solar calendar with regular years 365 days long and leap years 366 days long as explained within the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. ... The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar (formerly Burma) in several related forms. ... The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, akin to the Hebrew calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: gānzhÄ«) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhÄ«). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering the years, not only in... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: gānzhÄ«) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhÄ«). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering the years, not only in... The Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር yeĪtyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoá¹­aá¹­er) or Ethiopic calendar is the principal calendar used in Ethiopia, as well as in Eritrea before it became independent. ... The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: ) or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism. ... A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. ... There is disagreement as to the meaning of the Indian word Samvat. ... The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. ... Kali Yuga is also the title of a book by Roland Charles Wagner. ... The Holocene calendar is a proposal for a calendar reform which aims to solve a number of problems with the current Gregorian Calendar. ... The Iranian calendar (Persian: ‎) also known as Persian calendar or the Jalāli Calendar is a solar calendar currently used in Iran and Afghanistan. ... The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري; at-taqwÄ«m al-hijrÄ«; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Gāhshomāri-ye Hejri; also called the Hijri calendar) is the calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic... Koinobori, flags decorated like koi, are popular decorations around Childrens Day This mural on the wall of a Tokyo subway station celebrates Hazuki, the eighth month. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Japanese era name. ... Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... The traditional Korean calendar is directly derived from the Asian calendar. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ...

Events

• Emperor Kōnin ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Empress Shōtoku.
• Hedeby is founded.
• Telerig becomes king of Bulgaria, ending a period of anarchy.

Emperor Kōnin (光仁天皇 Kōnin Tennō) (November 18, 709[1] – January 11, 782[2]) was the 49th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Empress Kōken (孝謙天皇 Kōken Tennō) also Empress Shōtoku (称徳天皇 Shōtoku Tennō) (718 – August 28, 770[1]) was both the 46th and 48th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Hedeby (Haithabu in Old Norse; Heidiba in Latin; in Germany the name Haithabu is frequently used) was a Danish settlement and trading centre on the southern Baltic Sea coast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of a narrow, navigable inlet, the Schlei (Danish: Slien) in the province of Schleswig...

Births

• Egbert of Wessex (d. 839)
• Michael II, Byzantine emperor (d. 829)

Egbert (also Ecgbehrt or Ecgbert) (c. ... Events Louis the Pious attempts to divide his empire among his sons. ... Michael II, called Psellus, the stammerer, or the Amorian (770-829) reigned as Byzantine emperor 820 - 829. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Events Egbert of Wessex conquers Mercia and is recognized as Bretwalda. ...

Deaths

• Empress Kōken (also Empress Shōtoku), empress of Japan (b. 718)
• Du Fu, Chinese poet (b. 712)