Editing 797

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Year '''797''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXCVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 797 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 ===
==== 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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== Births ==
* [[Bernard of Italy]], king of the [[Lombards]] (d. [[818]])
* [[Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople|Ignatius I]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]] (or [[798]])
* [[Judith of Bavaria (died 843)|Judith of Bavaria]], Frankish empress (or [[805]])
* [[Meinrad of Einsiedeln]], German [[hermit]] (d. [[861]])
* [[Pepin I of Aquitaine]], king of [[Aquitaine]] (d. [[838]])
* [[Shinshō (Shingon)|Shinshō]], Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] [[monk]] (d. [[873]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Donnchad Midi]], [[High King of Ireland]]
* [[Æthelberht of Whithorn]], Anglo-Saxon [[bishop]]
* [[Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak]], scholar and theologian 
* [[Al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba]], Muslim military leader
* [[Bermudo I of Asturias|Bermudo I]], king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (approximate date)
* [[Caradog ap Meirion]], king of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] (approximate date)
* [[Constantine VI]], emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (b. [[771]])
* [[Cummascach mac Fogartaig]], king of South [[Kings of Brega|Brega]]
* [[Guan Bo]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] (b. [[719]])
* [[Muireadhach mac Olcobhar]], Irish [[abbot]]

== References ==
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