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[[File:Briefliche Erwaehnung Frankfurt am Main.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Mention of the [[Council of Frankfurt]] (794)]]
Year '''794''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXCIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]], the 794th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 794th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 94th year of the [[8th century]], and the 5th year of the [[790s]] decade. The denomination 794 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 ====
* King [[Charlemagne]] abandons his [[Fossa Carolina|channel project]] (see [[793]]), and attacks the Saxon rebels from the north, supported by a second [[Franks|Frankish]] army under his son [[Charles the Younger]], which crosses the [[Rhine]] at [[Cologne]] from the west; threatened from two directions, the [[Saxons]] surrender near [[Paderborn]] ([[Westphalia]]).<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 20. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}</ref>
* [[August 10]] &ndash; Queen [[Fastrada]], third wife of Charlemagne, dies in [[Frankfurt]] after 11 years of [[marriage]]. Charlemagne consoles himself with [[Luitgard (Frankish queen)|Luitgard]], an [[Alemanni|Alemannian]] noblewoman, whom he marries and moves into his new [[palace]] at [[Aachen]] ([[Germany]]). Luitgard shares Charlemagne's interest in the [[Liberal arts education|liberal arts]].
* King [[Louis the Pious|Louis I]] (son of Charlemagne), age 16, marries [[Ermengarde of Hesbaye]]. She is a Frankish [[Nobility|noblewoman]] and the daughter of [[Ingerman of Hesbaye|Ingerman]], count of [[Hesbaye]] (modern [[Belgium]]).
==== Britain ====
* [[May 20]] &ndash; King [[Æthelberht II of East Anglia]] visits the royal [[Mercia]]n court at [[Sutton Walls Hill Fort|Sutton Walls]] ([[Herefordshire]]), with a view to marrying Princess [[Ælfthryth of Crowland|Ælfthryth]]. He is taken captive and [[Decapitation|beheaded]], on the orders of [[Offa of Mercia|King Offa]].
* [[Vikings]] sack the [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey]] in [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]] (the second monastery target in [[England]] of the Vikings, after the raids on [[Lindisfarne]] in [[793]]).
==== Asia ====
* [[Kyoto]] becomes the [[Capital of Japan|Japanese capital]], ending the [[Nara period]], and beginning the [[Heian period]]; a [[Golden Age]] of Japanese [[Culture of Japan|culture]] begins that will endure under the domination of the [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]], [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]], [[Tachibana clan (kuge)|Tachibana]] and [[Taira clan|Taira]] families, until [[1185]].<ref>[http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9039814 "Heian period"]. ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Retrieved 2007-04-24.</ref>
=== By topic ===
==== Communication ====
* A [[Paper mill#Human and animal-powered mills|paper mill]] begins production at [[Baghdad]] during the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] era, as the [[Arab Muslims|Arabs]] spread the techniques developed by Chinese [[Papermaking|papermakers]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=AhmedSalim |date=2017-01-23 |title=The Rise of an Industry: Papermaking |url=https://www.1001inventions.com/paper/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=1001 Inventions |language=en-US}}</ref> Baghdad becomes a great seat of learning, with [[Christians|Christian]] and [[Jews|Jewish]] scholars as well as Muslims, while [[Europe]] remains largely unlettered. The Arabs will become the world's most proficient papermakers.
==== Religion ====
* [[Council of Frankfurt]]: King [[Charlemagne]] calls for a church meeting of the Frankish [[realm]]. Bishops and priests from [[Francia]], [[Aquitaine]], [[Italy]], and [[Provence]] are gathered in ''Franconofurd'' (modern-day [[Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]]).
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== Births ==
* [[Arnulf of Sens]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (or [[793]])
* [[Du Cong]], chancellor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]]
== Deaths ==
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Æthelberht II of East Anglia|Æthelberht II]], king of [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]]
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Fastrada]], Frankish queen consort (b. [[765]])
* [[Saint Solus|Solus]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]] and saint (approximate date)
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