800

This article is about the year 800. For the number, see 800 (number). For other uses, see 800 (disambiguation).

Year 800 (DCCC) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 800th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 800th year of the 1st millennium, the 100th and last year of the 8th century, and the 1st year of the 800s decade. It was around this time that the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years, so from this time on, the years began to be known as 800 and onwards.

800 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	800 DCCC
Ab urbe condita	1553
Armenian calendar	249 ԹՎ ՄԽԹ
Assyrian calendar	5550
Balinese saka calendar	721–722
Bengali calendar	206–207
Berber calendar	1750
Buddhist calendar	1344
Burmese calendar	162
Byzantine calendar	6308–6309
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3497 or 3290     — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3498 or 3291
Coptic calendar	516–517
Discordian calendar	1966
Ethiopian calendar	792–793
Hebrew calendar	4560–4561
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	856–857
- Shaka Samvat	721–722
- Kali Yuga	3900–3901
Holocene calendar	10800
Iranian calendar	178–179
Islamic calendar	183–184
Japanese calendar	Enryaku 19 (延暦１９年)
Javanese calendar	695–696
Julian calendar	800 DCCC
Korean calendar	3133
Minguo calendar	1112 before ROC 民前1112年
Nanakshahi calendar	−668
Seleucid era	1111/1112 AG
Thai solar calendar	1342–1343
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 926 or 545 or −227     — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 927 or 546 or −226

Events

Europe

• December 25 – Charlemagne, king of the Franks, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III as Charles I, with the title "Emperor of the Romans". The coronation takes place during Mass at the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome, on Christmas Day. The Frankish Empire is formed in Western Europe, which is not recognized by Empress Irene at Constantinople. This triggers a series of disputes with the Byzantines around who is officially ruling the former Western Roman Empire.^[1]
• The Rus' Khaganate is created by people who are called Rus', after the 182-year dominance of the Khazars. This is the starting period of the rise of the Kievan Rus', and the later states of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (approximate date).
• King Eardwulf of Northumbria has his men seize Prince Ealhmund, son of the late King Alhred, and put him to death. He is buried at Derby in St. Alkmund's Church, and later revered as a saint (approximate date).
• The Abbasid Caliphate is forced to cede their holdings in southern Italy to the Aghlabid Dynasty.

Asia

• The ci, a new type of lyric poetry with irregular lines, is set to a melody during the Tang Dynasty (approximate date).

Africa

• Sijilmasa (in present-day Morocco) is founded as the departure point for caravans between North Africa and the western Sudan (approximate date).
• Ife, in present-day Nigeria, becomes an important urban center (approximate date).
• The Abbasid Caliphate is forced to cede Ifriqiya (present-day north-eastern Algeria, Tunisia and western Libya) to the Aghlabid Dynasty.

Central America

• June 28 – Ochk'in Kaloomte' Aj Ho' Baak becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Machaquila in Guatemala and reigns until his death in 815.
• Itza culture starts in Mesoamerica (840).

Polynesia

• The first settlers of the Hawaiian Islands arrive (approximate date).

By topic

Religion

• Archbishop Hygeberht of Lichfield retires; he is succeeded by Ealdwulf. King Coenwulf of Mercia is on better terms with the archbishopric of Canterbury than his predecessor, and unsuccessfully attempts to have the Mercian archiepiscopal see transferred to London (approximate date).
• The Book of Kells is written and illuminated in a Columban monastery, in Ireland (approximate date).

Births

• Aldric, bishop of Le Mans (approximate date)
• Al-Abbās ibn Said al-Jawharī, Muslim mathematician
• Álvaro of Córdoba, Mozarab scholar (approximate date)
• Amoghavarsha I, king of Rashtrakuta (India) (d. 878)
• Boso the Elder, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
• Fatima al-Fihri, Arab mosque founder (approximate date)
• Govindasvāmi, Indian astronomer (approximate date)
• Louis, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
• Methodios I, patriarch of Constantinople (or 788)
• Nicholas I, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 867)
• Nominoe, duke of Brittany (approximate date)
• Pribina, Slavic prince (approximate date)
• Robert III, Frankish nobleman (d. 834)
• Rorgon II, count of Maine (approximate date)
• Swithin, bishop of Winchester (approximate date)
• Valentine, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 827)

Deaths

• June 3 – Staurakios, Byzantine chief minister
• September 26 – Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg
• Ailill mac Fergusa, king of South Brega (Ireland)
• Alkelda, Anglo-Saxon princess (approximate date)
• Beatus of Liébana, monk and theologian (approximate date)
• Ealhmund, prince of Northumbria (approximate date)
• Luitgard, Frankish queen and wife of Charlemagne
• Vatsraja, king of the Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty