Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (6th century - 7th century - 8th century - other centuries) Events Islam starts in Arabia, the Quran is written, and Arabs subjugate Syria, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, North Africa and Central Asia to Islam. ... (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. ... ( 8th century - 9th century - 10th century - other centuries) Events Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in western Europe Viking attacks on Europe begin Oseberg ship burial The...

Decades: 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s 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: 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... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 760s - 770s _ 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s Years: 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 Trends and events: 814 - Charlemagne dies; transfer of united territory to Louis the Pious. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 770s - 780s _ 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s Years: 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 Events: Egbert of Wessex rises to the position of Bretwalda. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 780s - 790s _ 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s Years: 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 Events: The first Swedes arrive in Russia. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 790s - 800s _ 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s Years: 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 Events: After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothair II...

Years: 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 Events A revolt against Empress Irene leads to Constantine VI being declared sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. ... Events The Avars invade Europe again, but are defeated by Charlemagne in 796. ... Events Irenes title of empress confirmed. ... Events Vikings sack the monastery of Lindisfarne, Northumbria. ... Events Kyoto becomes the Japanese capital. ... Events Leo III becomes pope Earliest recorded Viking raid on Ireland. ... Events December - Coenwulf becomes king of Mercia. ... Events July 17 - Irene orders her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI captured and deposed August 15 - Irenes orders are accomplished; her son is blinded, and herself declared emperor the next day. ... Events Coenwulf of Mercia invades Kent, deposes and imprisons king Eadbert Praen and makes his own brother Cuthred king. ... Events 29 November - Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome. ... For other uses, see number 800. ...

Events and trends:

• In 793, the Vikings sack the monastery of Lindisfarne. This is the first of a series of Viking raids spanning the next centuries.
• In 791, the Avars invade Europe, but in 796 they are beaten decisively by Charlemagne.
• In Byzantium, Irene is forced to lay down her role as guardian of her son, emperor Constantine VI. She still keeps acting as empress, and in 797 she has Constantine captured and deposed, and takes the throne. In 802, she will be deposed herself.
• In 794, Kyoto becomes the new capital of Japan

Important people: The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the British Isles, and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... This article is about Lindisfarne, England. ... The Eurasian Avars were a nomadic people of Eurasia who established a state in the Danube River area of Europe in the early 6th century. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... A Frankish king, like Charlemagne, (center) depicted in the Sacramentary of Charles the Bald (about 870) Charlemagne (c. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... Saint Irene (c. ... Constantine VI (771 - 797) succeeded his father Leo IV as Byzantine emperor at the age of nine in 780, and was emperor under the regency of his iconophile mother Irene. ... This page is about the city Kyoto. ...

• Charlemagne
• Byzantine Empress Irene
• Alfonso II of Asturias