Editing 799

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[[File:Rijeka-Trsat-Hill fort-7.JPG|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Trsat Castle]] in the city of [[Rijeka]] ([[Croatia]])]]
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Year '''799''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXCIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 799 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 ====
* Autumn &ndash; [[Siege of Trsat]]: [[Višeslav of Croatia|Višeslav]], prince or [[duke]] of [[Duchy of Croatia|Dalmatian Croatia]], decisively defeats an invading [[Franks|Frankish]] army under [[Eric of Friuli]], during the [[siege]] at the fortress city of [[Trsat Castle|Trsat]] ([[Rijeka]]).
* The [[Vikings]] raid the island of [[Noirmoutier]], and attack the monastery of Saint [[Philibert of Jumièges]].<ref>Sawyer, Peter.  "The Viking Expansion." ''The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, Volume 1: Prehistory to 1520''.  105.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Eardwulf of Northumbria]], worried about further rivals, has [[ealdorman]] Moll killed. Former king [[Osbald of Northumbria|Osbald]] dies as an [[abbot]] in [[exile]]. He is buried in an unmarked grave in [[York Minster]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo III]] is physically attacked by a band of [[Aristocracy|aristocratic]] conspirators, under the leadership of a public official who is a nephew of the late [[Pope Adrian I]]. After [[Abuse|mistreatment]] and attempted [[disfigurement]] by the citizens of [[Rome]], Leo flees to the court of King [[Charlemagne]] at [[Paderborn]] (modern [[Germany]]) to seek protection. He sends him back with [[Francia|Frankish]] agents, and restores him to the [[Throne#Papal Thrones|papal throne]].
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== Births ==
* [[Jiang Shen]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[881]])
* [[Langdarma]], emperor of [[Tibetan Empire|Tibet]] (approximate date)
* [[Zhang Yichao]], Chinese general (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Paul the Deacon]], Lombard [[monk]] and [[historian]]
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Musa al-Kadhim]], seventh [[Twelvers|Twelver Shī‘ah Imam]] (b. [[745]])
* [[Eric of Friuli|Eric]], duke of [[Duchy of Friuli|Friuli]]
* [[Gerold, Prefect of Bavaria|Gerold]], Alamannian [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[Huaisu]], Chinese [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] (b. [[AD 737|737]]) 
* [[Osbald of Northumbria|Osbald]], king of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]

== References ==
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