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==== Britain ====
* King [[Coenwulf of Mercia]] invades [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] (modern [[Wales]]), and kills his rival [[Caradog ap Meirion]] during the fighting in [[Snowdonia]]. Kings [[Cynan Dindaethwy|Cynan]] and [[Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog|Hywel]] retake the [[throne]]. Coenwulf also defeats and captures King [[Eadberht III Præn|Eadberht Præn]] of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]]. He is blinded and his hands are cut off.<ref>''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', manuscript E, year 796 (798). Translation by [[Michael Swanton]], 1996.</ref> He introduces his brother [[Cuthred of Kent|Cuthred]] as a sub-king of Kent (approximate date). 
* [[Billington, Lancashire|Battle of Billington]]: King [[Eardwulf of Northumbria]] defeats the nobleman Wada in battle, who has killed former King [[Æthelred I of Northumbria|Æthelred I]] (see [[796]]).
* King [[Sigeric of Essex|Sigeric I]] of [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]] abdicates and departs for a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Sigered of Essex|Sigered]].