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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[April 19]] &ndash; Empress [[Irene of Athens|Irene]] organizes a conspiracy against her son [[Constantine VI]]. He is captured and [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|blinded]]; Irene [[exile]]s him to Principo, where he dies shortly thereafter of his wounds. Irene begins a 5-year reign, and calls herself ''[[basileus]]'' ("emperor") of the [[Byzantine Empire]].

==== Europe ====
* King [[Charlemagne]] issues the ''[[Lex Saxonum|Capitulare Saxonicum]]'', making [[Westphalia]]n, [[Angria]]n and [[Eastphalia]]n Saxons equal to other peoples in the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]]. The [[Nordalbingia|Nordalbian]] Saxons revolt; a [[Franks|Frankish]] fleet is sent to the [[North Sea]] coast of [[Germany]]. It lands in [[Hadeln]], a marshy coastal region between the [[Weser]] and [[Elbe]] estuaries, near modern-day [[Cuxhaven]]. Charlemagne invades northern [[Old Saxony|Saxony]], and again accepts the submission of the Saxons.<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 81. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* Battle of [[Rhuddlan]]: Welsh forces, including those of [[Powys]] and [[Dyfed]], clash with [[Mercia]]ns. King [[Coenwulf of Mercia|Coenwulf]] tries to re-assert his domination of northeast [[Wales]]. King [[Caradog ap Meirion]] of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] is killed during the fighting (approximate date).
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