# 789 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/789 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/789.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/789 > Source revision: 1340848283 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Calendar year Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 760s 770s 780s 790s 800s Years 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 v t e 789 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e 789 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 789 DCCLXXXIX Ab urbe condita 1542 Armenian calendar 238 ԹՎ ՄԼԸ Assyrian calendar 5539 Balinese saka calendar 710–711 Bengali calendar 195–196 Berber calendar 1739 Buddhist calendar 1333 Burmese calendar 151 Byzantine calendar 6297–6298 Chinese calendar 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3486 or 3279 — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3487 or 3280 Coptic calendar 505–506 Discordian calendar 1955 Ethiopian calendar 781–782 Hebrew calendar 4549–4550 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 845–846 - Shaka Samvat 710–711 - Kali Yuga 3889–3890 Holocene calendar 10789 Iranian calendar 167–168 Islamic calendar 172–173 Japanese calendar Enryaku 8 (延暦８年) Javanese calendar 684–685 Julian calendar 789 DCCLXXXIX Korean calendar 3122 Minguo calendar 1123 before ROC 民前1123年 Nanakshahi calendar −679 Seleucid era 1100/1101 AG Thai solar calendar 1331–1332 Tibetan calendar ས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dragon) 915 or 534 or −238 — to — ས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Earth-Snake) 916 or 535 or −237 Text of the *[Admonitio generalis](/source/Admonitio_generalis)* (789) Year **789** (**[DCCLXXXIX](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Thursday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Thursday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 789 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. ## Events ### By place #### Europe - King [Charlemagne](/source/Charlemagne) crosses the [Elbe River](/source/Elbe) with a [Frankish](/source/Franks)-[Saxon](/source/Saxons) army into [Obotrite](/source/Obotrites) territory. He subdues the [Wiltzes](/source/Veleti), and reaches the [Baltic](/source/Baltic_region). - King [Pepin of Italy](/source/Pepin_of_Italy) conquers [Istria](/source/Istria) on the [Adriatic](/source/Adriatic_Sea), ignoring [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) protests. He establishes a tributary [march](/source/March_(territorial_entity)), and sends [missionaries](/source/Missionary). - Charlemagne issues the *[Admonitio generalis](/source/Admonitio_generalis)*, which covers [educational](/source/Education) and [ecclesiastical](/source/Ecclesiology) reforms within the [Frankish Kingdom](/source/Francia).[1] - Charlemagne founds the town of [Herford](/source/Herford) (modern [Germany](/source/Germany)), in order to guard a ford crossing the narrow [Werre River](/source/Were). #### Britain - King [Beorhtric of Wessex](/source/Beorhtric_of_Wessex) marries Princess [Eadburh](/source/Eadburh), daughter of King [Offa of Mercia](/source/Offa_of_Mercia), and accepts [Mercian](/source/Mercia) overlordship. - [Constantine I](/source/Causant%C3%ADn_mac_Fergusa) is installed as king of the [Picts](/source/Picts). He becomes one of the greatest [Scottish](/source/Scotland) monarchs in the [Viking period](/source/Viking_Age). - The *[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle](/source/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle)* records the [first appearance](/source/Viking_activity_in_the_British_Isles) of [Vikings](/source/Vikings) in [England](/source/England). The Viking raid on [Portland](/source/Isle_of_Portland) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset) is the first of its kind recorded in the [British Isles](/source/British_Isles), including [Ireland](/source/Ireland). The [reeve](/source/Reeve_(England)) of [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester%2C_Dorset) (a local high-ranking official) goes to greet them after they land, perhaps accustomed to welcoming [Scandinavian](/source/Scandinavia) merchants. He is killed. Viking attacks increase in intensity over the coming decades.[2][3][4] #### Islamic Caliphate - [Al-Khayzuran](/source/Al-Khayzuran), widow of former [Abbasid](/source/Abbasid_Caliphate) caliph [Al-Mahdi](/source/Al-Mahdi), dies, leaving more of the effective and real power in the hands of [Harun al-Rashid](/source/Harun_al-Rashid). - [Idris I](/source/Idris_I_of_Morocco) reaches [Volubilis](/source/Volubilis) and founds the [Idrisid dynasty](/source/Idrisid_dynasty), ceding Morocco from the [Abbasid caliphate](/source/Abbasid_caliphate) and founding the first Moroccan state. #### Asia - An uprising in [Japan](/source/Japan) leads to a major defeat for [Emperor Kanmu](/source/Emperor_Kanmu), along with a severe [drought](/source/Drought) and [famine](/source/Famine); the streets of the capital [Nagaoka-kyō](/source/Nagaoka-ky%C5%8D) are clogged with the sick. ## Births - [Lu Shang](/source/Lu_Shang), [chancellor of the Tang Dynasty](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty) (d. [859](/source/859)) - [Ziryab](/source/Ziryab), Muslim [poet](/source/Islamic_poetry) and [musician](/source/Islamic_music) (d. [857](/source/857)) ## Deaths - [February 20](/source/February_20) – [Leo of Catania](/source/Leo_of_Catania), saint and bishop of Catania (b. [709](/source/709)) - [November 8](/source/November_8) – [Willehad](/source/Willehad), bishop of [Bremen](/source/Archbishopric_of_Bremen) - [Al-Khayzuran](/source/Al-Khayzuran), powerful wife and adviser of Abbasid caliph [Al-Mahdi](/source/Al-Mahdi) and the excellent mother of [Al-Hadi](/source/Al-Hadi) and [Harun Al-Rashid](/source/Harun_Al-Rashid), the Abbasid caliphs, de facto co-ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate - [Fiachnae mac Áedo Róin](/source/Fiachnae_mac_%C3%81edo_R%C3%B3in), king of [Ulaid](/source/Ulaid) ([Ireland](/source/Ireland)) - Amat al-Aziz Ghadir, was the mother of [Abbasid](/source/Abbasid_dynasty) prince; Ali ibn Harun al-Rashid. - [Hildeprand](/source/Hildeprand_of_Spoleto), duke of [Spoleto](/source/Duchy_of_Spoleto) - [Mauregatus](/source/Mauregatus_of_Asturias), king of [Asturias](/source/Kingdom_of_Asturias) (or [788](/source/788)) - [Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Ali](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Sulayman_ibn_Ali), Abbasid prince and provincial governor - [Torson](/source/Torson%2C_Count_of_Toulouse), Frankish [count of Toulouse](/source/Count_of_Toulouse) (or [790](/source/790)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Jeep (2001), pp. 5–6 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Rees, Rosemary (2002). [*The Vikings*](https://archive.org/details/vikings0000rees). Heinemann. p. [45](https://archive.org/details/vikings0000rees/page/45). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781403401007](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781403401007). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Sprague, Martina (2007). [*Norse Warfare: The Unconventional Battle Strategies of the Ancient Vikings*](https://archive.org/details/norsewarfareunco0000spra). Hippocrene. p. [10](https://archive.org/details/norsewarfareunco0000spra/page/10). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780781811767](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780781811767). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Wales, Katie (2006). [*Northern English: A Social and Cultural History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=IaOuTaQ5zq4C&pg=PA53). Cambridge UP. p. 53. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781139457057](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781139457057). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [789](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/789) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/789?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.