807
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 770s 780s 790s – 800s – 810s 820s 830s |
| Years: | 804 805 806 – 807 – 808 809 810 |
| 807 by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 807 DCCCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1560 |
| Armenian calendar | 256 ԹՎ ՄԾԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5557 |
| Bengali calendar | 214 |
| Berber calendar | 1757 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1351 |
| Burmese calendar | 169 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6315–6316 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3503 or 3443 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3504 or 3444 |
| Coptic calendar | 523–524 |
| Discordian calendar | 1973 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 799–800 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4567–4568 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 863–864 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 729–730 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3908–3909 |
| Holocene calendar | 10807 |
| Iranian calendar | 185–186 |
| Islamic calendar | 191–192 |
| Japanese calendar | Daidō 2 (大同２年) |
| Julian calendar | 807 DCCCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3140 |
| Minguo calendar | 1105 before ROC 民前1105年 |
| Seleucid era | 1118/1119 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1349–1350 |
Coin of king Cuthred of Kent (798–807)
Year 807 (DCCCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Emperor Nikephoros I is forced to sue for peace on condition of paying 50,000 nomismata to caliph Harun al-Rashid and agrees a yearly tribute. Nikephoros promises not to rebuild the dismantled forts. Rashid recalls his forces from various sieges and evacuates Byzantine territory.[1][2][3]
Europe
- Al-Andalus (modern Spain): Uprising in the city of Mérida against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.[4]
- Siege of Patras: Marks the end of independent rule by the South Slavs in the Peloponnese (or 805).
Britain
- The Vikings land on the Cornish coast, and form an alliance with the Cornish to fight against Wessex.
- Death of king Cuthred of Kent. His brother, king Coenwulf of Mercia takes control over Kent himself.
Asia
- Dappula II becomes king of Sri Lanka and makes Anuradhapura the capital city.
- Li Jifu is appointed chancellor during the reign of emperor Xian Zong in China.
By topic
Religion
- The Temple of Motoyama-ji in Mitoyo (Japan), of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect, is constructed by the orders of emperor Heizei.
- The Jame' Atiq Mosque of Qazvin is constructed in Qazvin (modern Iran) by the orders of Harun al-Rashid.
- The Book of Armagh is written by the Irish illuminator Ferdomnach, a scribe at the School of Armagh.
Science
Births
- Dongshan Liangjie, Chinese Buddhist teacher (d. 869)
Deaths
- Conall mac Taidg, king of the Picts (approximate date)
- Cuthred, king of Kent
- Robert II, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
- October 13 – Simpert, bishop of Augsburg
- Stephen the Hymnographer, Syrian monk (b. 725)
- Widukind, duke of Saxony (approximate date)
References
- ↑ Bosworth 1989, p. 263
- ↑ Treadgold 1988, pp. 145, 408 (Note#190).
- ↑ Mango & Scott 1997, p. 662.
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