788

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

Decades: 750s 760s 770s - 780s - 790s 800s 810s

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

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