
Events 780s – The Second Council of Nicaea
The Second Council of Nicaea Events Saxon Wars: King Charlemagne decrees the death penalty for any subdued Saxon refusing Christian baptism The Second Council of Nicaea was set up to restore the use and veneration of icons (or holy images), which had previously been suppressed 785–805: Chinese geographer Jia Dan describes large lighthouse pillars built in the Persian Gulf, which is confirmed a century later by al-Mas’udi and al-Muqaddasi. 787: The Empress Irene of Athens convenes the Seventh Ecumenical Council, ending the first phase of Byzantine Iconoclasm. The city of Osnabrück, developed as a marketplace, is founded by Charlemagne Charlemagne meets Alcuin, Anglo-Saxon missionary, in Italy, and invites him to Aachen, where he becomes Charlemagne’s chief adviser on religious and educational matters The Frankish currency called the livre carolingienne is minted […]