What happened in 779?
4 recorded events in 779, including 2 in people, 1 in wars & conflicts and 1 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Battle of Bensington
Major battle between Offa of Mercia and Cynewulf of Wessex
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People 2
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Zhang Ji died
Chinese poet
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Yuan Zhen born
Born in Luoyang. Chinese poet.
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Old Parity Church, Romanshorn
Church building in Romanshorn in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 779.
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Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī died
Mathematician, astronomer and translator
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Naubakht died
8th c. Persian astrologer
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Shu'ba Ibn al-Ḥajjāj died
King of Hadith
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Battle of Roncevaux Pass
778 battle between Charlemagne and Basques
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Siege of Zaragoza
778
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Battle of Germanicia
778 battle
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Nicetas I of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Agios Sergios
Greek Orthodox monastery near Tirilye, Turkey
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Sulayman al-Arabi died
Umayyad governor of Barcelona and Girona (died 780)
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Battle of Caesarea
781 battle
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Guo Ziyi died
General during the Tang Dynasty (697-781)
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Yang Yan died
Chinese chancellor (727-781)
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