Year by year · 8th century

795 CE

795 CE in world history: 3 events and 1 birth. 289 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 26 December

    Leo III is elected pope

    Leo III was elected pope, becoming bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States until his death in 816. On Christmas Day 800 he crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans in St Peter's Basilica.

    Pope Leo III
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In the profiles

  • Dal RiataViking raids on the Hebrides and Iona begin
  • Uyghur KhaganateQutluq Bilge Qaghan dies and the Yaghlakar dynasty ends; the general Qutluq II declares himself qaghan, founding the Ädiz dynasty.

Born in 795 CE 1

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