AD 808
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| AD 808 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 808 DCCCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1561 |
| Armenian calendar | 257 ԹՎ ՄԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5558 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 729–730 |
| Bengali calendar | 215 |
| Berber calendar | 1758 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1352 |
| Burmese calendar | 170 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6316–6317 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3505 or 3298 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3506 or 3299 |
| Coptic calendar | 524–525 |
| Discordian calendar | 1974 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 800–801 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4568–4569 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 864–865 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 729–730 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3908–3909 |
| Holocene calendar | 10808 |
| Iranian calendar | 186–187 |
| Islamic calendar | 192–193 |
| Japanese calendar | Daidō 3 (大同３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 704–705 |
| Julian calendar | 808 DCCCVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3141 |
| Minguo calendar | 1104 before ROC 民前1104年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −660 |
| Seleucid era | 1119/1120 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1350–1351 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 934 or 553 or −219 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 935 or 554 or −218 |
Year 808 (DCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- King Godfred of the Danes forms an alliance with the Wiltzi and other Slav tribes against the pagan but pro-Frankish Abodrites.[1] Godfred builds earthworks (Danevirke) across the isthmus of Schleswig-Holstein. Separating Jutland from the northern extent of the Frankish Empire.
- Viking Age: First Viking raid, by Danes against the Baltic coast. Godfred destroys the Slav settlement of Reric (near present-day Wismar) used as a strategic trade route. The population is displaced or abducted, to Hedeby (Denmark).
- Emperor Charlemagne give orders to construct two new forts on the Elbe River, garrisoning them against future Slav incursions.[2]
- In Gharb al-Andalus (modern Portugal), Hazim ibn Wahb leads a rebellion against the Emirate of Córdoba.[3]
Britain
- Exiled king Eardwulf of Northumbria is able to return to his kingdom, with the support of Charlemagne and pope Leo III. He ousts the usurper, king Ælfwald II.
- Cadell ap Elisedd, king of Powys (modern Wales), dies after an 35-year reign and is succeeded by his son Cyngen ap Cadell.
Arabian Empire
- Caliph Harun al-Rashid moves his residence north from Baghdad to Samarra and becomes the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
By topic
Finance
Births
- Emma of Altdorf, Frankish queen (or 803)
- Gottschalk of Orbais, German monk and theologian (approximate date)
- September 27 - Ninmyō, emperor of Japan (d. 850)
- Walafrid Strabo, Frankish theological writer (approximate date)
Deaths
- Ælfwald II, king of Northumbria (approximate date)
- Al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki, Muslim governor (b. 766)
- Cadell ap Elisedd, king of Powys (Wales)
- Du Huangchang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Eanbald II, archbishop of York
- Elipando, Spanish archbishop and theologian (approximate date)
- Layman Pang, Chinese (Zen) Buddhist (b. 740)
References
- ^ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 21. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ^ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 84. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ^ Serrão, Joel; de Oliveira Marques, A. H. (1993). "O Portugal Islâmico". Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Editorial Presença. p. 124.