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788

Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Decades: 730s 740s 750s 760s 770s - 780s - 790s 800s 810s 820s 830s

Years: 783 784 785 786 787 - 788 - 789 790 791 792 793

Events

Charlemagne conquers Bavaria.
Bermudo I succeeds Mauregato as king of Asturias.
Start of the period covered in Adam of Bremen's history of the archbishopry of Hamburg.
Morocco becomes an independent state

Births

Shankara[?], Hinduist teacher

Deaths

Abd ar-rahman I[?], founder of the Spanish Umayyad dynasty

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