786

Events 
 A council is organized in Constantinople, but disturbed by soldiers
 Beatus of Liébana, Spanish monk, publishes his Commentary on the Apocalypse.
 September 14 — Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad upon the death of his brother al-Hadi, and appoints Salim Yunisi as the Abbasid governor of Sindh and the Indus Valley. Harun al-Rashid rules until 809.

 Births 
 Emperor Saga, emperor of Japan
 Emperor Junna, emperor of Japan
 Hirohito, emperor of Japan