AD 796

1 record placed in AD 796; regions: Europe.

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AD 796Placed in a yearEuropePolitics and institutions

Pippin occupies the Avar ring

The annals report that a message reached Charlemagne in Saxony saying that Pippin and his army were occupying the Avar ring in Pannonia.

Limits: Reported through a royal embassy; Pannonia is established by the preceding dispatch of Pippin. The passage supplies no precise site or month. The separately reported death of Pope Hadrian is not used as a chronological anchor.

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Source: Annales regni FrancorumRead the source