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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Spring &ndash; Emperor [[Constantine VI]] suppresses a rebellion, and restores his mother [[Irene (empress)|Irene]] to her former position as co-empress of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. The rival factions in [[Constantinople]] continue their intrigues against Constantine.
* [[Battle of Marcellae]]: Constantine VI leads a Byzantine expeditionary force into northern [[Thrace]]. At the border castle of [[Markeli|Marcellae]], near the modern town of [[Karnobat]] ([[Bulgaria]]), the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian]]s under [[Kardam of Bulgaria|Kardam]] defeat the Byzantines.

==== Europe ====
* The [[Westphalia]]ns rise up against the [[Saxons]], in response to a forcible recruitment for wars against the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]]. However, [[Pepin of Italy|Pepin]], sub-king of [[Northern Italy]] and son of King [[Charlemagne]], continues the war, and wins considerable [[Looting|booty]] from the Avars.<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 80. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}.</ref>
* Charlemagne's son [[Pepin the Hunchback]] attempts to rebel against him with the aid of some [[Francia|Frankish]] nobles. The plot is discovered and Pepin is banished to a [[monastery]] at [[Prüm]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Einhard |url=https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/einhard.asp |title=The Life of Charlemagne |publisher=Harper & Brothers |year=1880 |location=New York |language=Latin |translator-last=Turner |translator-first=Samuel Epes |access-date=June 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526145909/https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/einhard.asp |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* September &ndash; King [[Æthelred I of Northumbria]] marries Princess [[Ælfflæd of Mercia|Ælfflæd]], daughter of King [[Offa of Mercia]], at [[Catterick, North Yorkshire|Catterick]]. Unrest in [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]] tempts the [[exile]]d king [[Osred II of Northumbria|Osred II]] back to his kingdom from the [[Isle of Man]]. His supporters desert him, and [[Osred II]] is killed by Æthelred's men at ''Aynburg''. He is buried at [[Tynemouth Castle and Priory|Tynemouth Priory]]. 
* Offa arranges coastal defences to fend off [[Vikings|Viking]] attacks. He forms an [[Military alliance|alliance]] with [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]], [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] and [[Kingdom of Sussex|Sussex]], in an attempt to unify [[England]] (approximate date).{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
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