800
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This article is about the year 800. For other uses, see 800 (number).
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 | |
Politics | |
State leaders - Sovereign states | |
Birth and death categories | |
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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 |
Chinese calendar | 3436/3496-12-2 (己卯年十二月初二日) — to —
3437/3497-12-12(庚辰年十二月十二日) |
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 | |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 1460 (皇紀1460年) |
Korean calendar | 3133 |
Thai solar calendar | 1343 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Europe
- December 25 - Charles the Great (Charlemagne) 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] 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