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 | |
| 778 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 778 DCCLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1531 |
| Armenian calendar | 227 ԹՎ ՄԻԷ |
| Chinese calendar | 3414/3474-11-28 (丁巳年十一月廿八日) — to — 3415/3475-12-8(戊午年十二月初八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 770 – 771 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4538 – 4539 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 833 – 834 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 700 – 701 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3879 – 3880 |
| Iranian calendar | 156 – 157 |
| Islamic calendar | 161 – 162 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1321 |
Contents |
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
Categories
1st millennium | 778