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786 (DCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 786th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 786th year of the 1st millennium, the 86th year of the 8th century, and the 7th year of the 780s decade. As of the start of 786, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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  • A council is organized in Constantinople, but disturbed by soldiers
  • Beatus of Liébana, Spanish monk, publishes his Commentary on the Apocalypse.
  • September 14Harun 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.

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