# 798 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/798 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/798.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/798 > Source revision: 1340848766 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Calendar year This article is about the year 798. For the Beijing district, see [798 Art Zone](/source/798_Art_Zone). Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 770s 780s 790s 800s 810s Years 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 v t e 798 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e 798 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 798 DCCXCVIII Ab urbe condita 1551 Armenian calendar 247 ԹՎ ՄԽԷ Assyrian calendar 5548 Balinese saka calendar 719–720 Bengali calendar 204–205 Berber calendar 1748 Buddhist calendar 1342 Burmese calendar 160 Byzantine calendar 6306–6307 Chinese calendar 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3495 or 3288 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3496 or 3289 Coptic calendar 514–515 Discordian calendar 1964 Ethiopian calendar 790–791 Hebrew calendar 4558–4559 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 854–855 - Shaka Samvat 719–720 - Kali Yuga 3898–3899 Holocene calendar 10798 Iranian calendar 176–177 Islamic calendar 181–182 Japanese calendar Enryaku 17 (延暦１７年) Javanese calendar 693–694 Julian calendar 798 DCCXCVIII Korean calendar 3131 Minguo calendar 1114 before ROC 民前1114年 Nanakshahi calendar −670 Seleucid era 1109/1110 AG Thai solar calendar 1340–1341 Tibetan calendar མེ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Fire-Ox) 924 or 543 or −229 — to — ས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Tiger) 925 or 544 or −228 King [Coenwulf of Mercia](/source/Coenwulf_of_Mercia) conquers [Kent](/source/Kingdom_of_Kent) Year **798** (**[DCCXCVIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Monday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Monday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar), the 798th year of the [Common Era](/source/Common_Era) (CE) and [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) (AD) designations, the 798th year of the [1st millennium](/source/1st_millennium), the 98th year of the [8th century](/source/8th_century), and the 9th year of the [790s](/source/790s) decade. The denomination 798 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 - [Battle of Bornhöved](/source/Battle_of_Bornh%C3%B6ved_(798)): King [Charlemagne](/source/Charlemagne) forms an [alliance](/source/Military_alliance) with the [Obodrites](/source/Obotrites). Together with Prince Drożko ([Thrasco](/source/Thrasco_(Obotrite_prince))), he defeats the [Nordalbian](/source/Nordalbingia) [Saxons](/source/Saxons) near the village of [Bornhöved](/source/Bornh%C3%B6ved) (modern-day [Neumünster](/source/Neum%C3%BCnster)), obliging these 'northerners' to submit and give hostages against their future good behavior.[1] In the coming years they are granted areas of present-day [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg). - King [Charles the Younger](/source/Charles_the_Younger), a son of Charlemagne, conquers [Corsica](/source/Corsica) and [Sardinia](/source/Sardinia) (approximate date). #### Britain - King [Coenwulf of Mercia](/source/Coenwulf_of_Mercia) invades [Gwynedd](/source/Kingdom_of_Gwynedd) (modern [Wales](/source/Wales)), and kills his rival [Caradog ap Meirion](/source/Caradog_ap_Meirion) during the fighting in [Snowdonia](/source/Snowdonia). Kings [Cynan](/source/Cynan_Dindaethwy) and [Hywel](/source/Hywel_ap_Rhodri_Molwynog) retake the [throne](/source/Throne). Coenwulf also defeats and captures King [Eadberht Præn](/source/Eadberht_III_Pr%C3%A6n) of [Kent](/source/Kingdom_of_Kent). He is blinded and his hands are cut off.[2] He introduces his brother [Cuthred](/source/Cuthred_of_Kent) as a sub-king of Kent (approximate date). - [Battle of Billington](/source/Billington%2C_Lancashire): King [Eardwulf of Northumbria](/source/Eardwulf_of_Northumbria) defeats the nobleman Wada in battle, who has killed former King [Æthelred I](/source/%C3%86thelred_I_of_Northumbria) (see [796](/source/796)). - King [Sigeric I](/source/Sigeric_of_Essex) of [Essex](/source/Kingdom_of_Essex) abdicates and departs for a [pilgrimage](/source/Pilgrimage) to [Rome](/source/Rome). He is succeeded by his son [Sigered](/source/Sigered_of_Essex). #### Iberia - King [Alfonso II of Asturias](/source/Alfonso_II_of_Asturias) campaigns against the [Arab Muslims](/source/Arab_Muslims) in [Al-Andalus](/source/Al-Andalus). With [Frankish](/source/Francia) military support, he raids into [Andalusia](/source/Andalusia) and sacks [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon) (modern [Portugal](/source/Portugal)).[3] - [Bahlul ibn Marzuq](/source/Bahlul_Ibn_Marzuq), a [Vascon](/source/Vascones)-Muslim military leader, revolts in [Zaragoza](/source/Zaragoza) against the Arab-Muslim government of Al-Andalus. ### By topic #### Religion - [Alcuin](/source/Alcuin), Anglo-Saxon [monk](/source/Monk) and scholar, writes to his friend, the [exiled](/source/Exile) king [Osbald of Northumbria](/source/Osbald_of_Northumbria), in order to dissuade him. - [Theodulf](/source/Theodulf_of_Orleans), Frankish [poet](/source/Poet), is appointed bishop of [Orléans](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Orl%C3%A9ans). He becomes one of Charlemagne's favoured [theologians](/source/Theology). ## Births - [Abdallah ibn Tahir](/source/Abdallah_ibn_Tahir_al-Khurasani), Muslim governor (approximate date) - [Babak Khorramdin](/source/Babak_Khorramdin), Persian military leader (approximate date) - [Ignatius I](/source/Patriarch_Ignatius_of_Constantinople), [patriarch of Constantinople](/source/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople) (approximate date) ## Deaths - [Abu Yusuf](/source/Abu_Yusuf), Muslim [jurist](/source/Jurist) and chief adviser - [Caradog ap Meirion](/source/Caradog_ap_Meirion), king of [Gwynedd](/source/Kingdom_of_Gwynedd) (or [797](/source/797)) - [Lu Mai](/source/Lu_Mai), [chancellor of the Tang Dynasty](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty) (b. [739](/source/739)) - [Wonseong](/source/Wonseong_of_Silla), king of [Silla](/source/Silla) ([Korea](/source/Korea)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 82. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-78200-825-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78200-825-5). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle*, manuscript E, year 796 (798). Translation by [Michael Swanton](/source/Michael_Swanton), 1996. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-picard2000_3-0)** Picard, Christophe (2000). *Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle0. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique*. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [2-7068-1398-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-7068-1398-9). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [798](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/798) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/798?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.