793

Years: 789 790 791 792 - 793 - 794 795 796 797
Decades: 760s 770s 780s - 790s - 800s 810s 820s
Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Events

June 8 - Vikings sack the monastery of Lindisfarne, Northumbria. First major Viking raid in England. The "start" of the Viking age.
Offa of Mercia founds an abbey at St Albans.

Births

Deaths

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