Editing 789

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Year '''789''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 789 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 ===

==== Europe ====
* King [[Charlemagne]] crosses the [[Elbe|Elbe River]] with a [[Franks|Frankish]]-[[Saxons|Saxon]] army into [[Obotrites|Obotrite]] territory. He subdues the [[Veleti|Wiltzes]], and reaches the [[Baltic region|Baltic]].
* King [[Pepin of Italy]] conquers [[Istria]] on the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]], ignoring [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] protests. He establishes a tributary [[March (territorial entity)|march]], and sends [[Missionary|missionaries]].
* Charlemagne issues the ''[[Admonitio generalis]]'', which covers [[education]]al and [[Ecclesiology|ecclesiastical]] reforms within the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].<ref>Jeep (2001), pp. 5–6</ref>
* Charlemagne founds the town of [[Herford]] (modern [[Germany]]), in order to guard a ford crossing the narrow [[Were|Werre River]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Beorhtric of Wessex]] marries Princess [[Eadburh]], daughter of King [[Offa of Mercia]], and accepts [[Mercia]]n overlordship.
* [[Causantín mac Fergusa|Constantine I]] is installed as king of the [[Picts]]. He becomes one of the greatest [[Scotland|Scottish]] monarchs in the [[Viking Age|Viking period]].
* The ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' records the [[Viking activity in the British Isles|first appearance]] of [[Vikings]] in [[England]]. The Viking raid on [[Isle of Portland|Portland]] in [[Dorset]] is the first of its kind recorded in the [[British Isles]], including [[Ireland]]. The [[Reeve (England)|reeve]] of [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]] (a local high-ranking official) goes to greet them after they land, perhaps accustomed to welcoming [[Scandinavia]]n merchants. He is killed. Viking attacks increase in intensity over the coming decades.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rees|first=Rosemary|url=https://archive.org/details/vikings0000rees|title=The Vikings|publisher=Heinemann|year=2002|isbn=9781403401007|page=[https://archive.org/details/vikings0000rees/page/45 45]|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sprague|first=Martina|url=https://archive.org/details/norsewarfareunco0000spra|title=Norse Warfare: The Unconventional Battle Strategies of the Ancient Vikings|publisher=Hippocrene|year=2007|isbn=9780781811767|page=[https://archive.org/details/norsewarfareunco0000spra/page/10 10]|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wales|first=Katie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IaOuTaQ5zq4C&pg=PA53|title=Northern English: A Social and Cultural History|publisher=Cambridge UP|year=2006|isbn=9781139457057|page=53}}</ref>

==== Islamic Caliphate ====
* [[Al-Khayzuran]], widow of former [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] caliph [[Al-Mahdi]], dies, leaving more of the effective and real power in the hands of [[Harun al-Rashid]].
* [[Idris I of Morocco|Idris I]] reaches [[Volubilis]] and founds the [[Idrisid dynasty]], ceding Morocco from the [[Abbasid caliphate]] and founding the first Moroccan state.

==== Asia ====
* An uprising in [[Japan]] leads to a major defeat for [[Emperor Kanmu]], along with a severe [[drought]] and [[famine]]; the streets of the capital [[Nagaoka-kyō]] are clogged with the sick. 
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== Births ==
* [[Lu Shang]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[859]])
* [[Ziryab]], Muslim [[Islamic poetry|poet]] and [[Islamic music|musician]] (d. [[857]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Leo of Catania]], saint and bishop of Catania (b. [[709]])
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Willehad]], bishop of [[Archbishopric of Bremen|Bremen]]
* [[Al-Khayzuran]], powerful wife and adviser of Abbasid caliph [[Al-Mahdi]] and the excellent mother of [[Al-Hadi]] and [[Harun Al-Rashid]], the Abbasid caliphs, de facto co-ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate 
* [[Fiachnae mac Áedo Róin]], king of [[Ulaid]] ([[Ireland]])
* Amat al-Aziz Ghadir, was the mother of [[Abbasid dynasty|Abbasid]] prince; Ali ibn Harun al-Rashid.
* [[Hildeprand of Spoleto|Hildeprand]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]]
* [[Mauregatus of Asturias|Mauregatus]], king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (or [[788]])
* [[Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Ali]], Abbasid prince and provincial governor
* [[Torson, Count of Toulouse|Torson]], Frankish [[count of Toulouse]] (or [[790]])

== References ==
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