786

786 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	786; DCCLXXXVI
Ab urbe condita	1539
Armenian calendar	235; ԹՎ ՄԼԵ
Assyrian calendar	5536
Balinese saka calendar	707–708
Bengali calendar	193
Berber calendar	1736
Buddhist calendar	1330
Burmese calendar	148
Byzantine calendar	6294–6295
Chinese calendar	Ất sửuNiên (WoodOx); 3483 or 3276; — to —; Bính dần niên (FireTiger); 3484 or 3277
Coptic calendar	502–503
Discordian calendar	1952
Ethiopian calendar	778–779
Hebrew calendar	4546–4547
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	842–843
-Shaka Samvat	707–708
-Kali Yuga	3886–3887
Holocene calendar	10786
Iranian calendar	164–165
Islamic calendar	169–170
Japanese calendar	Enryaku5; ( diên lịch ５ niên )
Javanese calendar	681–682
Julian calendar	786; DCCLXXXVI
Korean calendar	3119
Minguo calendar	1126 beforeROC; Dân tiền 1126 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−682
Seleucid era	1097/1098AG
Thai solar calendar	1328–1329
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc ngưu niên; (female Wood-Ox); 912 or 531 or −241; — to —; Dương hỏa hổ niên; (male Fire-Tiger); 913 or 532 or −240

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century; 8th century; 9th century;
Decades:	760s; 770s; 780s; 790s; 800s;
Years:	783; 784; 785; 786; 787; 788; 789;

Year786(DCCLXXXVI) was acommon year starting on Sunday(link will display the full calendar)of theJulian calendar,the 786th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 786th year of the1st millennium,the 86th year of the8th century,and the 7th year of the780sdecade. The denomination 786 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Domini calendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

KingCharles the Younger,son ofCharlemagneand ruler ofAquitaine,visitsMonte CassinoandCapua,both inBeneventanterritory. PrinceArechis II,feeling threatened by the Franks, decides that he needs to stop quarrelling with the ByzantineDuchy of Naplesso he can focus on the Frankish foe. Prince Arechis II therefore signs a peace agreement, or 'pactum', with the Duchy of Naples.

Cyneheard,brother of the late kingSigeberht,ambushes and kills his rivalCynewulf of Wessex,while he is atMeretun(now calledMarten) with his mistress. The Wessexnoblesrefuse to recognise Cyneheard as king.
Cyneheard is executed and succeeded byBeorhtric,through the support of KingOffa of Mercia.His rival claimant to theWessexthrone, a distant nephew of the late kingIne,namedEgbert,is driven across theChannel.
Egbert settles at the court of Charlemagne, and learns the arts of government during his time inGaul.^[1]During his stay he meetsEadberht,apriest,who later becomes king ofKent.

June 11–Battle of Fakhkh:AnAliduprising inMedinais crushed by theAbbasids.One of the Alids,Idris ibn Abdallah,flees to theMaghrebin western North Africa, where he later founds theIdrisid dynasty^[2]in 788/789.
September 14–Harun al-Rashidbecomes the AbbasidcaliphinBaghdad,upon the death of his brotherAl-Hadi.He appoints Salim Yunisi as governor ofSindhand theIndus Valley.