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[[File:Tang Dezong.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Emperor Dezong of Tang|De Zong]] ('''Li Kuo''') (742–805)]]
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Year '''779''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 779 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 ====
* [[Saxon Wars#First phase|Saxon Wars]]: King [[Charlemagne]] assembles a Frankish army at [[Düren]], crosses the [[Rhine]] at the modern town of [[Wesel]], and defeats the [[Saxons]] in battle near [[Bocholt, Germany|Bocholt]] ([[North Rhine-Westphalia]]). All the main Westphalian leaders are captured, except [[Widukind]]. Charlemagne crosses the [[Weser]], [[Oker]] and [[Ohre]] rivers into Eastphalian territory, where local leaders submit to [[Francia|Frankish]] rule and hand over [[hostage]]s. Widukind remains in northern [[Old Saxony|Saxony]], and relies on [[guerrilla warfare]].<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 17. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Bensington]]: King [[Offa of Mercia]] defeats his rival [[Cynewulf of Wessex]] at [[Benson, Oxfordshire|Bensington]] (modern-day [[Oxfordshire]]). He seizes control of [[Berkshire]], and probably [[London]] as well. According to sources of the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' Offa becomes ''"King of All England"''. Charlemagne writes a letter to him as "his dearest brother", but when Offa refuses to let one of Charlemagne's sons marry one of his daughters, Charlemagne threatens to close the [[port]]s to English [[trade]]rs.

==== Asia ====
* [[June 12]] - In [[China]], [[Emperor Dezong of Tang|De Zong]] (personal name ''Li Kuo'')  succeeds his father [[Emperor Daizong of Tang|Dai Zong]], as emperor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]].
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* [[March]], days unknown - An earthquake in [[Silla]] with a magnitude of 6.7–7.0 on the Richter scale kills more than 100 people.

== Births ==
* [[Agobard]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon|Lyon]] (approximate date)
* [[Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi]], was an Arab prince, singer, composer and poet (d. [[839]])
* [[Jia Dao]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (d. [[843]])
* [[Yuan Zhen]], politician of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[831]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Emperor Daizong of Tang|Dai Zong]], emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. [[AD 727|727]])
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Saint Sturm|Sturm]], [[abbot]] of [[Fulda monastery|Fulda]]
* [[Æthelred I of East Anglia|Æthelred I]], king of [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]] (approximate date)
* [[Fujiwara no Momokawa]], Japanese statesman (b. [[732]])
* [[Gerard I of Paris|Gerard I]], Frankish [[count]]
* [[Saint Walpurga|Walpurga]], Anglo-Saxon [[abbess]] (or [[AD 777|777]])

== References ==
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