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Calendar year

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 770s 780s 790s 800s 810s Years 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 v t e

790 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e

790 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 790 DCCXC Ab urbe condita 1543 Armenian calendar 239 ԹՎ ՄԼԹ Assyrian calendar 5540 Balinese saka calendar 711–712 Bengali calendar 196–197 Berber calendar 1740 Buddhist calendar 1334 Burmese calendar 152 Byzantine calendar 6298–6299 Chinese calendar 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3487 or 3280 — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3488 or 3281 Coptic calendar 506–507 Discordian calendar 1956 Ethiopian calendar 782–783 Hebrew calendar 4550–4551 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 846–847 - Shaka Samvat 711–712 - Kali Yuga 3890–3891 Holocene calendar 10790 Iranian calendar 168–169 Islamic calendar 173–174 Japanese calendar Enryaku 9 (延暦９年) Javanese calendar 685–686 Julian calendar 790 DCCXC Korean calendar 3123 Minguo calendar 1122 before ROC 民前1122年 Nanakshahi calendar −678 Seleucid era 1101/1102 AG Thai solar calendar 1332–1333 Tibetan calendar ས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Earth-Snake) 916 or 535 or −237 — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Horse) 917 or 536 or −236

[Srivijaya Kingdom](/source/Srivijaya) around the [8th century](/source/8th_century)

Year **790** (**[DCCXC](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Friday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Friday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar), the 790th year of the [Common Era](/source/Common_Era) (CE) and [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) (AD) designations, the 790th year of the [1st millennium](/source/1st_millennium), the 90th year of the [8th century](/source/8th_century), and the 1st year of the [790s](/source/790s) decade. The denomination 790 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

#### Byzantine Empire

- [September](/source/September) – The [Armeniac Theme](/source/Armeniac_Theme), located in northeastern [Asia Minor](/source/Anatolia) (modern [Turkey](/source/Turkey)), revolts against Empress [Irene](/source/Irene_of_Athens), and declares the 19-year-old [Constantine VI](/source/Constantine_VI) sole ruler of the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire). Other [themes](/source/Theme_(Byzantine_district)) follow its example, and imprison their *[strategoi](/source/Strategos#Byzantine_use)*. Constantine sends his [iconoclast](/source/Iconoclasm) general [Michael Lachanodrakon](/source/Michael_Lachanodrakon), to ensure that the Armeniacs (his closest supporters) take an [oath](/source/Oath). Irene is confined and imprisoned in her palace at [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople); all her [eunuchs](/source/Eunuch) are [exiled](/source/Exile).

#### Europe

- [Alcuin](/source/Alcuin), Anglo-Saxon [missionary](/source/Missionary), returns (after an 8-year absence) to [England](/source/England). During his stay at the [Carolingian](/source/Carolingian_dynasty) court of King [Charlemagne](/source/Charlemagne) in [Aachen](/source/Aachen), he [has educated](/source/Education) his sons [Charles](/source/Charles_the_Younger), [Pepin](/source/Pepin_of_Italy) and [Louis](/source/Louis_the_Pious). Alcuin revises the [church liturgy](/source/Liturgy) and the [Bible](/source/Bible), and is responsible for an [intellectual](/source/Intellectual) movement within the [Frankish Kingdom](/source/Francia).

#### Britain

- King [Æthelred I](/source/%C3%86thelred_I_of_Northumbria) returns to [Northumbria](/source/Kingdom_of_Northumbria), and is restored to the [throne](/source/Throne) after living in exile for 11 years. His rival [Osred II](/source/Osred_II_of_Northumbria) is deposed, forcibly [tonsured](/source/Tonsure), and exiled to the [Isle of Man](/source/Isle_of_Man). Æthelred then faces a rebellion by another rival, named [Eardwulf](/source/Eardwulf_of_Northumbria). The latter is captured, and hanged outside the gates to [Ripon Abbey](/source/Ripon_Cathedral). The body is taken into the [abbey](/source/Abbey), where Eardwulf recovers and escapes to exile.

- King [Offa of Mercia](/source/Offa_of_Mercia) takes control of [East Anglia](/source/Kingdom_of_East_Anglia). King [Æthelberht II](/source/%C3%86thelberht_II_of_East_Anglia) mints his own [coins](/source/Coin), in defiance of his overlord (approximate date).

#### Asia

- [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia) begins to break away from the [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra)-based kingdom [Srivijaya](/source/Srivijaya), as a 20-year-old Cambodian prince, who claims descent from the rulers of [Funan](/source/Kingdom_of_Funan), is consecrated in eastern Cambodia with the title [Jayavarman II](/source/Jayavarman_II). In the next 10 years he will extend his powers north into the [Mekong Valley](/source/Mekong_Delta) (modern [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)).

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Irish](/source/Ireland) monks (known as the [Papar](/source/Papar)), possibly members of a [Hiberno-Scottish mission](/source/Hiberno-Scottish_mission), supposedly reach [Iceland](/source/Iceland) in [hide](/source/Hide_(skin))-covered [coracles](/source/Coracle), and begin settlements (approximate date). However, the evidence for this is scant.

- [Angilbert](/source/Angilbert), Frankish diplomat (*[primicerius palatii](/source/Primicerius)*) of King Charlemagne, is made [abbot](/source/Abbot) of [Saint-Riquier](/source/Saint-Riquier) (Northern [France](/source/France)).

- [Joseph](/source/Joseph_of_Antioch) is consecrated [Syriac Orthodox](/source/Syriac_Orthodox_Church) [Patriarch of Antioch](/source/Patriarch_of_Antioch)

## Births

- [Athanasia of Aegina](/source/Athanasia_of_Aegina), Byzantine noblewoman, adviser and saint (approximate date)

- [Cyngen ap Cadell](/source/Cyngen_ap_Cadell), king of [Powys](/source/Kingdom_of_Powys) ([Wales](/source/Wales))

- [Fātimah bint Mūsā](/source/F%C4%81timah_bint_M%C5%ABs%C4%81), Muslim [saint](/source/Saint) (d. [816](/source/816))

- [Íñigo Arista](/source/%C3%8D%C3%B1igo_Arista), king of [Pamplona](/source/Kingdom_of_Pamplona) (approximate date)

- [Leo IV](/source/Pope_Leo_IV), pope of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) (d. [855](/source/855))[1]

- [Li He](/source/Li_He), Chinese [poet](/source/Chinese_poetry) (d. [816](/source/816))[2]

- [Lu Tong](/source/Lu_Tong), Chinese poet (d. [835](/source/835))

- [Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi](/source/Musa_ibn_Musa_ibn_Qasi), Muslim military leader (d. [862](/source/862))

- [Ramiro I](/source/Ramiro_I_of_Asturias), king of [Asturias](/source/Kingdom_of_Asturias) (approximate date)

## Deaths

- [Fujiwara no Otomuro](/source/Fujiwara_no_Otomuro), Japanese empress consort (b. [760](/source/760))

- [Thecla of Kitzingen](/source/Thecla_of_Kitzingen), saint and abbess

- [Torson](/source/Torson%2C_Count_of_Toulouse), Frankish [count of Toulouse](/source/Count_of_Toulouse) (or [789](/source/789))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Craig, James (July 27, 2016). [*Shemlan: A History of the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies*](https://books.google.com/books?id=GN--DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA135). Springer. p. 235. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-349-14413-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-349-14413-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Li He | Center for the Art of Translation | Two Lines Press"](https://www.catranslation.org/person/li-he/). *Center for the Art of Translation*. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

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