What Happened in 787 AD

Major Events

  • Sep 24 Second Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor in present-day İznik, Turkey
  • Oct 23 Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconoclastic cult at Nicaea

Born in 787 AD

  • Aug 10 Albumasar [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, born in Balkh, Khurasan (now Afghanistan) (d. 886)