Editing 782

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[[File:Raban-Maur Alcuin Otgar.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Rabanus Maurus]] (left), with [[Alcuin]] (middle), presents his work to archbishop [[Odgar]] (right)]]
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Year '''782''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXXXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 782nd year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 782nd year of the [[1st millennium]], the 82nd year of the [[8th century]], and the 3rd year of the [[780s]] decade. The denomination 782 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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

==== Abbasid Empire ====
* [[Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (782)|Arab–Byzantine War]]: Arab forces (95,000 men) under [[Harun al-Rashid]], son of the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] caliph [[Al-Mahdi]], cross the [[Taurus Mountains]] and capture the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] border fortress of [[Niğde|Magida]]. Harun leaves his lieutenant [[Al-Rabi' ibn Yunus]] to besiege the city of [[Nakoleia]] ([[Phrygia]]), while another force (30,000 men), probably under [[Yahya ibn Khalid]], is sent to raid the western coastlands of [[Asia Minor]]. Harun himself, with the main army, advances to the [[Opsikion|Opsician Theme]]. 
* Summer &ndash; Harun al-Rashid reaches as far as [[Üsküdar|Chrysopolis]], across the [[Bosphorus|Bosporus Straits]] from the Byzantine capital, [[Constantinople]]. After the defection of the [[Armenia]]n general [[Tatzates]], Empress [[Irene of Athens|Irene]] accepts a three-year [[Ceasefire|truce]], including the annual payment of a [[tribute]] of 70,000 or 90,000 [[gold dinar]]s, and the handing over of 10,000 [[silk]] garments. Harun releases all his captives (5,600 men), including chief minister [[Staurakios (eunuch)|Staurakios]] and other [[hostage]]s.{{sfn|Garland|1999|pp=76–77}}{{sfn|Treadgold|1997|p=418}}

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constantine VI]] is betrothed to the 6-year-old [[Rotrude]], daughter of Charlemagne; Irene sends a [[Scholarly method|scholar]] monk called Elisaeus to educate her in [[Greece|Greek]] language and manners.<ref name="glg">Runciman, Steven. "The Empress Irene the Athenian." Medieval Woman. Ed. Derek Baker. Oxford: Ecclesiastical History Society, 1978.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Saxon Wars#Middle phase|Saxon Wars]]: King [[Charlemagne]] sends a punitive expedition (an elite force of [[Kingdom of Germany|Eastern Frankish]] troops) under the command of Adalgis the [[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]], Gallo, and Worad, supported by Saxon forces, to deal with the [[Saxons]] and [[Sorbs|Sorb]] raiders in [[Thuringia]].{{sfn|Nicolle|2014|p=51}}
* [[Battle of Süntel]]: The [[Franks]] under Charlemagne are defeated by Saxon rebels, led by [[Widukind]]. He succeeds in wiping out more than half of the occupying Frankish forces and again raises the banner of revolt.
* Autumn &ndash; Charlemagne returns from his campaign in [[Italy]], and musters a Frankish army of available troops in [[Bavaria]]. He then marches to [[Old Saxony|Saxony]], probably to [[Eresburg]]. Charlemagne marches north, down the [[Weser]] to the [[Aller (Germany)|Aller River]], making camp near [[Verden an der Aller|Verden]].{{sfn|Nicolle|2014|p=65}}
* [[Massacre of Verden]]: Charlemagne executes 4,500 rebel Saxons at Verden for practicing [[paganism]]. He issues the ''[[Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae]]'' and imposes [[Christianity]] on the Saxons, making Saxony a [[Francia|Frankish]] province.
* Charlemagne summons [[Alcuin]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]], to [[Aachen]], and appoints him as chief adviser on [[Religion|religious]] and [[education]]al matters. He becomes the leading [[Scholarly method|scholar]] and teacher at the [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian court]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Nanchan Temple (Wutai)|Nanchan Temple]] on [[Mount Wutai|Wutaishan]], [[Shanxi]], is built during the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] ([[China]]).
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== Births ==
* [[Tachibana no Hayanari]], Japanese [[Calligraphy|calligrapher]] (d. [[844]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kōnin|Kōnin]], emperor of [[Japan]] (b. [[709]])
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Leoba]], Anglo-Saxon [[nun]] 
* [[Conall mac Fidhghal]], king of [[Uí Maine]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Thierry IV]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Garland |first=Lynda |author-link=Lynda Garland |year=1999 |title=Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527–1204 |location=New York and London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-14688-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6JY2fpMTkKwC}}
* {{cite book |last=Nicolle |first=David |author-link=David Nicolle |date=2014|title=The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785 |publisher=Bloomsbury USA |isbn=978-1-78200-825-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Treadgold |first=Warren |author-link=Warren Treadgold |year=1997 |title=A History of the Byzantine State and Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=0-8047-2630-2}}
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