Worms

Region: Western Europe · Coordinates: 49.630, 8.359 · 4 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 764Royal Frankish AnnalsTorn between the Aquitaine war and the Bavarian war caused by Tassilo's defection, Pippin holds the general assembly at Worms and postpones the campaign that year. On June 4, a solar eclipse at the sixth hour of the day
AD 781Royal Frankish AnnalsWhen envoys of the pope and the king, agreed upon at Rome, persuade Tassilo, the Duke of Bavaria comes to the king at Worms, swears, and gives 12 hostages; but he soon breaks his promise. The king spends winter, Christmas and Easter at Carisiacus
AD 790Royal Frankish AnnalsThis year there was no military campaign; Charles stayed at Worms, received the Hun envoys, and sent his own envoys to their leader. The dispute over the border later became the seed of the Hun wars. The palace at Worms burned in a night fire, but the king spent Christmas and Easter there
AD 829Royal Frankish AnnalsIn August, as the emperor sets off for the Worms assembly, news arrives that the Northmen are targeting Saxony beyond the Elbe; he has all the people gather in Saxony. In mid-July at Novasium he tried to cross the Rhine but learned the news was false; in mid-August he comes to Worms, holds the assembly, receives tribute and receives envoys from Rome and Beneventum
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