Year 796 (DCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 796 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

• December – Coenwulf becomes king of Mercia.
• Charlemagne defeats the Avars.

Asia

• T -ji is established in Kyoto, Japan.

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Births

• Dhul-Nun al-Misri, famous Egyptian Sufi

Deaths

• Imam Malik, one of the most respected scholars of Islam
• July – Offa, king of Mercia
• December – Ecgfrith, king of Mercia

References

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