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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[Saxon Wars#Final phase|Saxon War]]: The [[Slavs|Slav]] [[Obotrites|Obodrites]], under their ruler [[Witzlaus (Obotrite prince)|Witzan]], attack the northern [[Saxons]] in [[Lüne|Liuni]]. He is killed in an [[ambush]] and succeeded by his son Drożko ([[Thrasco (Obotrite prince)|Thrasco]]), who becomes a [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]] ''dux''. King [[Charlemagne]] leads a [[Franks|Frankish]] expeditionary force north from [[Mainz]], and marches to the [[Elbe]], where eastern Saxon rebels again surrender.<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 81. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}.</ref>
* Charlemagne creates the [[Marca Hispanica|Hispanic Marches]], a [[buffer zone]] beyond the former province of [[Septimania]]. A group of [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian]] lordships form a defensive barrier between the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] [[Moors]] of [[Al-Andalus]] (modern [[Spain]]) and the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].
* In the earliest recorded [[Vikings|Viking]] raid on [[Ireland]], they attack the [[Monastery|monasteries]] at [[Iona]] ([[Inner Hebrides]]), [[Inishbofin, County Galway|Inishbofin]] and [[Inishmurray]] (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* Quarrels between the kings [[Cynan Dindaethwy]] and [[Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog|Hywel]] leave the way open for [[Caradog ap Meirion]] (the House of [[Newborough, Anglesey|Rhos]]) to usurp the [[throne]] of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] (modern [[Wales]]).
* King [[Offa of Mercia]] receives [[Diplomacy|diplomatic]] gifts from Charlemagne. He re-founds [[St Albans Cathedral|St. Albans Abbey]], supposedly in thanks for overrunning [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]] (approximate date).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[December 25]] – [[Pope Adrian I]], age 95, dies after a 23-year reign, and is succeeded by [[Pope Leo III|Leo III]] as the 96th [[pope]] of [[Rome]].
* [[December 26]] – [[Pope Leo III|Leo III]] is elected to serve as Pope on the day his predecessor [[Adrian I]] was buried and is consecrated the following day
* [[Paul the Deacon]], a [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monk at [[Monte Cassino]], completes the ''[[History of the Lombards]]'' (approximate date).
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