778

Years: 774 775 776 777 - 778 - 779 780 781 782

Decades: 740s 750s 760s - 770s - 780s 790s 800s

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

Events

*August 15 - Battle of Roncevaux (Roncesvalles), in which Charlemagne's army suffers a terrible defeat at the hand of the Basques. Among those killed was Roland, lord of the Breton March; the 11th-century Song of Roland is loosely based on the events of this battle.
*Charlemagne fights the Moors in Spain.
*Widukind returns to Saxony from Denmark.

Births

*16 April - King Louis the Pious (d. 840)

Deaths

* August 15 - Roland, Frankish commander
* Autpert Ambrose, monk and writer

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