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796 in History

Browse historical records dated to 796. Records are rendered from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records

Historical Events in 796

796

Abdication

Osbald · England · Northumbria

Forced to abdicate in favour of Eardwulf

796

Alliance Offa and Charles of the Franks to protect merchants on both sides of the Channel

Offa · England

Allies with Charles of the Franks to protect merchants on both sides of the Channel

796

Assassination of Aethelred I

Aethelred I · England

Aethelred I is assassinated

796

Succession

Eardwulf · England · Northumbria

Succeeds as King of Northumbria, 1st term

796

Succession

Osbald · England · Northumbria

Succeeds as King of Northumbria, succeeds Aethelred I after plotting his assassination

Deaths in 796

796

Death of Aethelred I

Aethelred I · England · Northumbria

Death of Aethelred I, assassinated

796

Death of Ecgfrith

Ecgfrith · England · Mercia

Death of Ecgfrith

796

Death of Offa

Offa · England · Mercia

Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England & the beginning of the rise of Wessex. Death of Offa

Provenance

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