(Feature Photo: Looking along Offa's Dyke in Herefordshire; Credit: Mike Christie, Wikimedia Commons)
780
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Leo IV "The Khazar," emperor of the Byzantine Empire, dies, and his son Constantine VI, succeeds him
September 8, Leo IV "The Khazar," emperor of the Byzantine Empire, dies, aged only 30, and his 9-year-old son, Constantine VI, succeeds him; Due to Constantine's young age, his grandmother, Irene, reigns as regent during his minority
781
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
782
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
783
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
784
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
785
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
786
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
787
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
The Second Council of Nicea takes place
788
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
789
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
790
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
791
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
792
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
793
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
William of Orange, Count of Toulouse (in France) emerges as the leader of the council of nobles appointed by Charlemagne to govern in his son Louis’, King of Aquitaine since 781, name, although in this year, William is soundly defeated by the Moors of Spain during their last attempt to extend their Moslem empire north of the Pyrenees, he is a brave and devout man, of whom epic chansons de geste (songs of deeds) are written, and after the battle he retires to the abbey of Gellons near Montpellier, where he later dies
794
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Adrian I is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
795
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Pope Adrian I dies, and is succeeded by Leo III – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
December 25, Pope Adrian I dies, and is succeeded by Leo III; Pope Leo III will build an even more magnificent triclinium (Roman style dining room with reclining couches) than Pope Zachary had in the 740s in Rome; It will have marble walls, a porphyry fountain, and a flight of columns decorated with the lilies that will become the crest of France (The Secret Archives of the Vatican, pg. 76)
796
RULERS & ROYALTY: Offa, king of Mercia (midlands of England), dies, and is succeeded by Ecgfrith, who also dies, so he is succeeded by Coenwulf – Leo III is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI is emperor of the Byzantine Empire
July 29, Offa, king of Mercia, dies, and is succeeded by Ecgfrith, but he dies, and Coenwulf succeeds him
797
RULERS & ROYALTY: Coenwulf is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Leo III is pope/bishop of Rome – Constantine VI, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, dies, and is succeeded by his mother, Irene "of Athens"
August 19, (or around this date) Emperor Constantine VI of the Byzantine Empire, dies, and is succeeded by Irene "of Athens", Empress of the Byzantine Empire and Constantine VI's mother
798
RULERS & ROYALTY: Coenwulf is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Leo III is pope/bishop of Rome – Irene "of Athens" is empress of the Byzantine Empire
799
RULERS & ROYALTY: Coenwulf is king of Mercia (midlands of England) – Leo III is pope/bishop of Rome – Irene "of Athens" is empress of the Byzantine Empire