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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Saxon Wars#Middle phase|Saxon Wars]]: King [[Charlemagne]] begins a campaign in northern [[Old Saxony|Saxony]]. He ravages [[Eastphalia]]n territory as far as the [[Elbe|Elbe River]], while his son, [[Charles the Younger]], defeats a [[Saxons|Saxon]] force in the [[Lippe (river)|Lippe Valley]]. Bad weather hinders Charlemagne's [[winter]] campaign in southern Saxony.{{sfn|Nicolle|2014|p=20}}
* Winter &ndash; Charlemagne returns to [[Eresburg]] and builds a [[Church (building)|church]], probably on the site of the [[Irminsul]] (a [[Paganism|pagan]] religious site). [[Francia|Frankish]] forces based at Eresburg attack rebel Saxon settlements, and take control of the roads. Charlemagne himself takes part in some of these raids.{{sfn|Nicolle|2014|p=72}}

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Abd al-Rahman I]], Muslim emir of [[Caliphate of Córdoba|Córdoba]] ([[Al-Andalus]]), begins the construction of the Prayer Hall of the [[Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba|Great Mosque of Córdoba]]. He uses the [[mosque]] (originally called Aljama Mosque) as an adjunct to his [[palace]], and names it in honour of his wife.

==== Asia ====
* The [[Japan]]ese begin a war against the [[Ainu people|Ainu]], in the north, on the main island of [[Honshu]]. [[Emperor Kanmu]] wishes to be free from the influence of the [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] monasteries around [[Nara, Nara|Nara]] (then called [[Heijō-kyō|Heijō]]), and moves the capital to [[Nagaoka-kyō|Nagaoka]], ending the [[Nara period]].
* [[Nagaoka-kyō]] becomes the Japanese imperial capital.

==== Central America ====
*[[February 4]] &ndash; Itzamnaaj K'awiil, brother of Bat K'awiil (who reigned between 780 and 784) and the son of K'ahk' Ukalaw Chan Chaak (who ruled 755 to 780) becomes the new [[Maya_rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] of [[Naranjo]] in [[Guatemala]] and reigns until his death in [[810]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Paul IV of Constantinople|Paul IV]] abdicates as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]].
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople|Tarasios]] is elected patriarch of [[Constantinople]].
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