794

794 (DCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 794th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 794th year of the 1st millennium, the 94th year of the 8th century, and the 5th year of the 790s decade. As of the start of 794, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century – 8th century – 9th century
Decades:	760s  770s  780s  – 790s –  800s  810s  820s
Years:	791 792 793 – 794 – 795 796 797

794 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	794 DCCXCIV
Ab urbe condita	1547
Armenian calendar	243 ԹՎ ՄԽԳ
Assyrian calendar	5544
Balinese saka calendar	715–716
Bengali calendar	201
Berber calendar	1744
Buddhist calendar	1338
Burmese calendar	156
Byzantine calendar	6302–6303
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3490 or 3430     — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3491 or 3431
Coptic calendar	510–511
Discordian calendar	1960
Ethiopian calendar	786–787
Hebrew calendar	4554–4555
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	850–851
- Shaka Samvat	715–716
- Kali Yuga	3894–3895
Holocene calendar	10794
Iranian calendar	172–173
Islamic calendar	177–178
Japanese calendar	Enryaku 13 (延暦１３年)
Javanese calendar	689–690
Julian calendar	794 DCCXCIV
Korean calendar	3127
Minguo calendar	1118 before ROC 民前1118年
Nanakshahi calendar	−674
Seleucid era	1105/1106 AG
Thai solar calendar	1336–1337
Tibetan calendar	阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 920 or 539 or −233     — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 921 or 540 or −232

Events

• Kyoto becomes the Japanese capital. Begin of the Heian period.
• Council of Frankfurt – oldest known mentioning of Frankfurt.