794

794 (DCCXCIV) was a common year beginning on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, in effect on that date.

Events

• Beginning of the Heian period in Japan.
• The Vikings plunder the monastery of Iona (Scoce).
• Reigning Alfonso II the Casto troops of the Emirate of Cordoba in command of Abd al-Malik ibn Mugait arrasan Álava arriving to Oviedo, destroying it after looting it.
• Abd al-Malik ibn Mugait upon returning from his razia was defeated in Lutos, near Grado, by the astures.

Deaths

• Ethelbert II of Estanglia.