796

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Instance of: year
Part of: 790s
Followed by: 797
Follows: 795

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Commons category: 796
topic's main category: Category:796
point in time: 0796-01-01
has list: list of state leaders in 796
category for births in this time period: Category:796 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:796 deaths

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A coin depicting Offa of Mercia (757–796)

Year 796 (DCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 796th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 796th year of the 1st millennium, the 96th year of the 8th century, and the 7th year of the 790s decade. The denomination 796 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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