Years: 780 781 782 783 - 784 - 785 786 787 788

Decades: 750s 760s 770s - 780s - 790s 800s 810s

Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Events

• August 31 - Paul IV abdicates as Patriarch of Constantinople
• December 25 - Tarasius elected Patriarch of Constantinople
• The Japanese capital moved away from Nara. End of the Nara period.

Births

• Hrabanus Maurus, German poet

Deaths