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==== Europe ====
* The [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]], a pagan [[Asia]]n nomadic horde that has settled down in what is today [[Hungary]], invade [[Duchy of Friuli|Friuli]] and [[Bavaria]]. King [[Charlemagne]] assembles a [[Francia|Frankish]] army, and marches down the [[Danube|Danube River]] to ravage Avar territory. A Frankish-Lombard expeditionary force, under his son [[Pepin of Italy|Pepin]], (king of the [[Lombards]]) invades the [[Drava]] Valley and devastates [[Pannonia (Roman province)|Pannonia]].
* Summer &ndash; Charlemagne loses most of his riding and [[Wagon train|baggage]] horses during an equine [[epidemic]]; many [[Saxons]] take advantage of Charlemagne's Avar setback and rebel once more.<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 79. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}</ref>
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Alfonso II of Asturias|Alfonso II]], the son of former king [[Fruela I of Asturias|Fruela I]], becomes ruler of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (Northern [[Spain]]). He moves the capital to [[Oviedo]], the commercial centre of the region.