Calendar year
Mention of theCouncil of Frankfurt (794) Year794 (DCCXCIV common year starting on Wednesday of theJulian calendar , the 794th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini (AD) designations, the 794th year of the1st millennium , the 94th year of the8th century , and the 5th year of the790s decade. The denomination 794 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
KingCharlemagne abandons hischannel project (see793 ), and attacks the Saxon rebels from the north, supported by a secondFrankish army under his sonCharles the Younger , which crosses theRhine atCologne from the west; threatened from two directions, theSaxons surrender nearPaderborn (Westphalia ).[ 1] August 10 – QueenFastrada , third wife of Charlemagne, dies inFrankfurt after 11 years ofmarriage . Charlemagne consoles himself withLuitgard , anAlemannian noblewoman, whom he marries and moves into his newpalace atAachen (Germany ). Luitgard shares Charlemagne's interest in theliberal arts .KingLouis I (son of Charlemagne), age 16, marriesErmengarde of Hesbaye . She is a Frankishnoblewoman and the daughter ofIngerman , count ofHesbaye (modernBelgium ). Apaper mill begins production atBaghdad during theAbbasid era, as theArabs spread the techniques developed by Chinesepapermakers .[ 3] Christian andJewish scholars as well as Muslims, whileEurope remains largely unlettered. The Arabs will become the world's most proficient papermakers.
