801
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 801 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 801 DCCCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1554 |
| Armenian calendar | 250 ԹՎ ՄԾ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5551 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 722–723 |
| Bengali calendar | 208 |
| Berber calendar | 1751 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1345 |
| Burmese calendar | 163 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6309–6310 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3498 or 3291 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3499 or 3292 |
| Coptic calendar | 517–518 |
| Discordian calendar | 1967 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 793–794 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4561–4562 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 857–858 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 722–723 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3901–3902 |
| Holocene calendar | 10801 |
| Iranian calendar | 179–180 |
| Islamic calendar | 184–185 |
| Japanese calendar | Enryaku 20 (延暦２０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 696–697 |
| Julian calendar | 801 DCCCI |
| Korean calendar | 3134 |
| Minguo calendar | 1111 before ROC 民前1111年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −667 |
| Seleucid era | 1112/1113 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1343–1344 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 927 or 546 or −226 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 928 or 547 or −225 |
Year 801 (DCCCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Emperor Charlemagne formally cedes Nordalbian territory (modern-day Schleswig-Holstein) to the pagan Obotrites (allies of the Carolingian Empire).[1]
- April 3 – King Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, captures Barcelona after a siege of several months. Bera is appointed first count of Barcelona.
Britain
- King Eardwulf of Northumbria leads an army into Mercia against his rival, Coenwulf, in order to flush out other claimants to the Northumbrian throne.
- A synod appears to have been held at Chelsea, as an extant charter (Sawyer 158) records a confirmation of a land grant by Coenwulf, the king of Mercia that was part of the council's proceedings.[2]
By topic
Religion
- Rabanus Maurus, Frankish Benedictine monk, takes his vows in the monastery of Fulda and receives ordination as a deacon.
Births
- September 8 – Ansgar, Frankish monk and archbishop (d. 865)
- June 17 – Drogo of Metz, illegitimate son of Charlemagne
- Al-Kindi, Muslim philosopher and polymath (approximate date)
- Waldrada of Worms, Frankish Duchess, married to Conrad II
- Wang Chengyuan, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 834)
Deaths
- Heathoberht, Bishop of London
- Rabia Basri, Muslim Sufi mystic and saint (b. 717)
References
- ^ Nicolle, David (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5.
- ^ Cubitt, Catherine (1995). Anglo-Saxon Church Councils c.650–c.850. London: Leicester University Press. p. 279. ISBN 0-7185-1436-X.