Avar Khaganate (Frankish Empire)

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The Avars were defeated by the Franks in 796 and submitted to them.

Establishment

January 797: By 796, the Avar chieftains had surrendered and became open to the acceptance of Christianity. In the meantime, all of Pannonia was conquered by the Franks. According to the Annales Regni Francorum, the Avars began to submit to the Franks in 796.

Chronology

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1. Frankish invasion of the Avar Khaganate

The Franks submitted the Avar Khaganate in 796 AD.

2. Avar-Byzantine wars

Were a series of conflicts between the Byzantine Empire and the Avar Khaganate.

January 823: The southern part of the Avar Khaganate is conquered by the Byzantines.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 805: In 804, Bulgaria conquered the southeastern Avar lands in Transylvania and southeastern Pannonia up to the Middle Danube River, and many Avars became subjects of the Bulgarian Empire.

January 806: The Principality of Nitra is said to have existed from before 805 to 1110 on the territory of today's Slovakia.

January 806: Around 805, Bulgarian emperor Krum defeated the Avar Khaganate.

January 813: The Franks also waged wars with the Byzantine Empire until a peace treaty, known as the Pax Nicephori, was signed in 812. By that treaty the Byzantines retained control of the coastal cities and islands in Dalmatia, while acknowledging Frankish rule over Istria and the Dalmatian hinterland.

January 823: Vlastimir was the ruler of the Principality of Serbia in the early medieval period. In 822, he successfully defended against a Bulgarian attack and brought the Principality of Travunia under his control, solidifying his power in the region.