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[[File:Coenwulf map.png|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Coenwulf of Mercia]] conquers [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]]]]
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Year '''798''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXCVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 798th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 798th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 98th year of the [[8th century]], and the 9th year of the [[790s]] decade. The denomination 798 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 ====
* [[Battle of Bornhöved (798)|Battle of Bornhöved]]: King [[Charlemagne]] forms an [[Military alliance|alliance]] with the [[Obotrites|Obodrites]]. Together with Prince Drożko ([[Thrasco (Obotrite prince)|Thrasco]]), he defeats the [[Nordalbingia|Nordalbian]] [[Saxons]] near the village of [[Bornhöved]] (modern-day [[Neumünster]]), obliging these 'northerners' to submit and give hostages against their future good behavior.<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 82. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}.</ref> In the coming years they are granted areas of present-day [[Hamburg]].
* King [[Charles the Younger]], a son of Charlemagne, conquers [[Corsica]] and [[Sardinia]] (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Coenwulf of Mercia]] invades [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] (modern [[Wales]]), and kills his rival [[Caradog ap Meirion]] during the fighting in [[Snowdonia]]. Kings [[Cynan Dindaethwy|Cynan]] and [[Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog|Hywel]] retake the [[throne]]. Coenwulf also defeats and captures King [[Eadberht III Præn|Eadberht Præn]] of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]]. He is blinded and his hands are cut off.<ref>''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', manuscript E, year 796 (798). Translation by [[Michael Swanton]], 1996.</ref> He introduces his brother [[Cuthred of Kent|Cuthred]] as a sub-king of Kent (approximate date). 
* [[Billington, Lancashire|Battle of Billington]]: King [[Eardwulf of Northumbria]] defeats the nobleman Wada in battle, who has killed former King [[Æthelred I of Northumbria|Æthelred I]] (see [[796]]).
* King [[Sigeric of Essex|Sigeric I]] of [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]] abdicates and departs for a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Sigered of Essex|Sigered]].

==== Iberia ====
* King [[Alfonso II of Asturias]] campaigns against the [[Arab Muslims]] in [[Al-Andalus]]. With [[Francia|Frankish]] military support, he raids into [[Andalusia]] and sacks [[Lisbon]] (modern [[Portugal]]).<ref name=picard2000>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle0. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=109}}</ref> 
* [[Bahlul Ibn Marzuq|Bahlul ibn Marzuq]], a [[Vascones|Vascon]]-Muslim military leader, revolts in [[Zaragoza]] against the Arab-Muslim government of Al-Andalus.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Alcuin]], Anglo-Saxon [[monk]] and scholar, writes to his friend, the [[exile]]d king [[Osbald of Northumbria]], in order to dissuade him.
* [[Theodulf of Orleans|Theodulf]], Frankish [[poet]], is appointed bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Orléans|Orléans]]. He becomes one of Charlemagne's favoured [[Theology|theologian]]s.
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== Births ==
* [[Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani|Abdallah ibn Tahir]], Muslim governor (approximate date)
* [[Babak Khorramdin]], Persian military leader (approximate date)
* [[Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople|Ignatius I]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]] (approximate date) 

== Deaths ==
* [[Abu Yusuf]], Muslim [[jurist]] and chief adviser
* [[Caradog ap Meirion]], king of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] (or [[797]])
* [[Lu Mai]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] (b. [[739]])
* [[Wonseong of Silla|Wonseong]], king of [[Silla]] ([[Korea]])

== References ==
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