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[[File:Ōnakatomi no Kiyomaro.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Ōnakatomi no Kiyomaro]] (702–788)]]
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Year '''788''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCLXXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 788th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 788th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 88th year of the [[8th century]], and the 9th year of the [[780s]] decade. The denomination 788 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 ====
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kopidnadon]]: An [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] expeditionary force crosses the [[Cilician Gates]] into the [[Anatolic Theme]] (modern [[Turkey]]).<ref name="Treadgold91">{{harvnb|Treadgold|1988|p=91}}.</ref> It is confronted by two [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] armies at [[Padyandus|Podandos]] in [[Cappadocia]], who are defeated. 
* Byzantine troops led by [[Adalgis]], son of former [[Lombards|Lombard]] king [[Desiderius]], invade southern [[Italy]]. His attempts are thwarted by the [[Franks]], who attack territories in [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]], obtaining notably the annexion of [[Chieti]] ([[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]]).

==== Europe ====
* King [[Charlemagne]] conquers [[Bavaria]], and incorporates it into the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]]. Duke [[Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria|Tassilo III]] is deposed, and banished to a [[monastery]].
* [[Grimoald III of Benevento|Grimoald III]], Lombard [[duke]] of Benevento, is installed as semi-client by King [[Charles the Younger]] (son of Charlemagne) at [[Benevento]] (Italy).
* The [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]], who are allied with Tassilo III, invade [[East Francia]] (modern [[Germany]]). This begins the [[Franks|Frankish]]-Avar conflict.
* King [[Mauregatus of Asturias]] dies after a 5-year reign, and is succeeded by [[Bermudo I of Asturias|Bermudo I]] as ruler of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (modern [[Spain]]).
* [[Abd al-Rahman I]], emir of [[Emirate of Córdoba|Córdoba]], dies after a 32-year reign and is succeeded by his son [[Hisham I of Córdoba|Hisham I]].
* The [[Tornado records|earliest recorded tornado]] in Europe struck [[Freising]] in 788.<ref>Dr. R. Hennig, Katalog bemerkenswerter Witterungsereignisse. Berlin 1904; Originalquellen: Aventinus (Turmair), Johannes (gest. 1534): Annales Boiorum. Mit Nachtrag. Leipzig 1710; Annales Fuldenses, Chronik des Klosters Fulda. Bei Marquard Freher: Germanicarum rerum scriptores ua Frankfurt aM 1600–1611)</ref><ref>"Tornadoliste Deutschland". https://tornadoliste.de/788. German meteorological list of documented tornadoes</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Ælfwald I of Northumbria]] is murdered, probably at [[Cilurnum|Chesters]], by the ''patricius'' ([[ealdorman]]) [[Sicga]]. He is succeeded by his cousin [[Osred II of Northumbria|Osred II]].

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
[[File:Ar-Rashid AV dinar 171AH Harun amir yevlem.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Gold dinar]] of caliph [[Harun al-Rashid]] dated [[Islamic calendar|AH]] 171 (AD 788)]]
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kopidnadon]]: An Abbasid expeditionary force against the [[Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty|Byzantine Empire]] crosses the [[Cilician Gates]] into the [[Anatolic Theme]]. The ''Abbasid army'' launches an invasion of Byzantine Asia Minor, and is confronted by a Byzantine force at Kopidnadon. The battle results in an [[Abbasid]] victory.
* [[Idris I|Idris ibn Abdallah]], known as the "founder of Morocco",<ref>A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period, Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, 1987, p. 52</ref> settles in Volubilis, beginning the reign of the [[Idrisid Dynasty]] (Morocco had effectively been independent from the Arab [[caliphates]] since the [[Great Berber Revolt]]).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The period covered in [[Adam of Bremen]]'s historical [[Treatise#Noteworthy treatises|treatise]] of the [[Archbishopric of Hamburg]] begins.
* The [[Enryaku-ji]] temple complex is founded by [[Saichō]], a [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] monk, on [[Mount Hiei]] in [[Ōtsu]] ([[Japan]]). 
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== Births ==
* [[Abu Tammam]], Muslim [[Arabic poetry|poet]] (d. [[845]])
* [[Adi Shankara]], Indian [[Philosophy|philosopher]] and theologian (d. [[832]])
* [[Aejang of Silla|Aejang]], king of [[Silla]] ([[Korea]]) (d. [[809]])
* [[Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar]], Muslim historian (d. [[870]])
* [[Ida of Herzfeld]], Frankish duchess and saint (approximate date)
* [[Li Zaiyi]], general of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[837]])
* [[Methodios I of Constantinople|Methodios I]], patriarch of [[Constantinople]] (or [[800]])

== Deaths ==
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Ælfwald I of Northumbria|Ælfwald I]], king of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]
* [[Abd al-Rahman I]], Muslim [[emir]] of [[Emirate of Córdoba|Córdoba]] (b. [[731]])
* [[Adalgis]], king and co-[[regent]] of the [[Lombards]]
* [[Hnabi]], duke of the [[Alemanni]] (approximate date)
* [[Mauregatus of Asturias|Mauregatus]], king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (or [[789]])
* [[Mazu Daoyi]], Chinese [[Zen|Zen Buddhist]] monk (b. [[709]])
* [[Ōnakatomi no Kiyomaro]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[702]])

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* <!--Treadgold 1988-->{{The Byzantine Revival, 780–842}}
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