WHAT HAPPENED IN 777 AD.

Events: Africa

• Ibn Rustam is recognized imam of the Ibadis in Maghrib.

Europe

Charlemagne defeats the Saxons; their leader Widukind flees to Denmark.
• The pagan site at Almenum (Frisia, now part of the city of Harlingen), is destroyed. The holy trees are cut down and the wood is used to build the first Christian church in the area. It's the place in the province of “Friesland with the oldest, where continuous ceremonies have been held, untill now.