WHAT HAPPENED IN 793

Events

Europe

• June 8 – Vikings sack the monastery of Lindisfarne, Northumbria, their first major viking attack in England.
• The Frisian–Frankish wars came to an end with the last uprising of the Frisians in 793.

Asia

• A jihad under Hisham I takes place.

Religion

• Offa of Mercia founds an abbey at St Albans.

LINDISFARNE