800
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This article is about the year. For the number, see 800 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 770s 780s 790s – 800s – 810s 820s 830s |
| Years: | 797 798 799 – 800 – 801 802 803 |
| 800 by topic | |
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| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 800 DCCC |
| Ab urbe condita | 1553 |
| Armenian calendar | 249 ԹՎ ՄԽԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1044 – -1043 |
| Berber calendar | 1750 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1344 |
| Burmese calendar | 162 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6308 – 6309 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年十二月初二日 (3436/3496-12-2) — to —
庚辰年十二月十二日(3437/3497-12-12) |
| Coptic calendar | 516 – 517 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 792 – 793 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4560 – 4561 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 855 – 856 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 722 – 723 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3901 – 3902 |
| Holocene calendar | 10800 |
| Iranian calendar | 178 – 179 |
| Islamic calendar | 183 – 184 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3133 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1343 |
Year 800 (DCCC) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- September 15 – Oldest known mention of Castile.
- December 25 – Charles the Great is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, marking the start of the Holy Roman Empire.
- Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona.
- The town of Shrewsbury, England is founded.
[edit] South Asia
- King Govinda III of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty starts his military campaign against Northern India.
- King Vatsaraja of the Pratiharas is defeated by Dhruva in the Rashtrakuta-Pratihara conflict for the control of Kannauj city.
[edit] East Asia
- Emperor Dezong of Tang China, unable to quell the rebellion of military governor Wu Shaocheng, pardons him.
[edit] Africa
- Bantu-speaking people settle in present-day Zambia (approximate date).
- In Tunisia, Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab is appointed as hereditary Emir by Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
- The west African Kingdom of Takrur is founded (approximate date), flourishing roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.
[edit] Americas
- The Arawak people settle on the island of Barbados from South America (approximate date).
- The Mississippian Period begins in the central North American Continent.[1]
- The Mayan civilization begins its decline
[edit] Oceania
- The Māori start migrating to New Zealand (approximate date).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Saint Alkelda
