796

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796 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 796
DCCXCVI
Ab urbe condita 1549
Armenian calendar 245
ԹՎ ՄԽԵ
Assyrian calendar 5546
Balinese saka calendar 717–718
Bengali calendar 202–203
Berber calendar 1746
Buddhist calendar 1340
Burmese calendar 158
Byzantine calendar 6304–6305
Chinese calendar 乙亥年 (Wood  Pig)
3493 or 3286
     to 
丙子年 (Fire  Rat)
3494 or 3287
Coptic calendar 512–513
Discordian calendar 1962
Ethiopian calendar 788–789
Hebrew calendar 4556–4557
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 852–853
 - Shaka Samvat 717–718
 - Kali Yuga 3896–3897
Holocene calendar 10796
Iranian calendar 174–175
Islamic calendar 179–180
Japanese calendar Enryaku 15
(延暦15年)
Javanese calendar 691–692
Julian calendar 796
DCCXCVI
Korean calendar 3129
Minguo calendar 1116 before ROC
民前1116年
Nanakshahi calendar −672
Seleucid era 1107/1108 AG
Thai solar calendar 1338–1339
Tibetan calendar 阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
922 or 541 or −231
     to 
阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
923 or 542 or −230
A coin depicting Offa of Mercia (757-796) Offa king of Mercia 757 796.jpg
A coin depicting Offa of Mercia (757–796)

Year 796 ( DCCXCVI ) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 796th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 796th year of the 1st millennium, the 96th year of the 8th century, and the 7th year of the 790s decade. The denomination 796 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.

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  • April 18 King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered, probably at Corbridge, by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. Another rival, Torhtmund, slays Ealdred in revenge. Northumbria is plunged into chaos. The patrician Osbald is placed on the throne, but is deserted by his supporters after only 27 days. He flees from Lindisfarne to Pictland. Another faction brings back Æthelred I's old back-from-the-dead rival, Eardwulf, as the new king. He dismisses his wife and publicly takes a concubine. Eardwulf is alienated from Archbishop Eanbald of York.
  • King Offa of Mercia and Charlemagne seal a trading agreement, and a marriage alliance is proposed. However, Offa dies after a 39-year reign, that has incorporated Kent, Essex, Sussex, and East Anglia into the Mercian realm. Offa is buried at Bedford, and succeeded for a short time by his son Ecgfrith, and then a distant cousin, Coenwulf.
  • The Kingdom of Sussex again becomes independent from the Kingdom of Mercia following the death of King Offa.
  • Prince Eadberht Præn leaves the Church, returns to Kent and claims his throne. Eadwald proclaims himself king of East Anglia, but is later ousted by Coenwulf. Direct rule from Mercia is re-established.

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References

  1. Loew, Patty; "Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal"; Madison, Wisconsin Historical Society Press; 2001.
  2. David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 81. ISBN   978-1-78200-825-5
  3. Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 78. ISBN   0-472-08149-7.