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807 
Summary
Year 807 (DCCCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 807th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 807th year of the 1st millennium, the 7th year of the 9th century, and the 8th year of the 800s decade.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 807 DCCCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1560 |
| Armenian calendar | 256 ԹՎ ՄԾԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5557 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 728–729 |
| Bengali calendar | 214 |
| Berber calendar | 1757 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1351 |
| Burmese calendar | 169 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6315–6316 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3504 or 3297 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3505 or 3298 |
| Coptic calendar | 523–524 |
| Discordian calendar | 1973 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 799–800 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4567–4568 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 863–864 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 728–729 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3907–3908 |
| Holocene calendar | 10807 |
| Iranian calendar | 185–186 |
| Islamic calendar | 191–192 |
| Japanese calendar | Daidō 2 (大同２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 703–704 |
| Julian calendar | 807 DCCCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3140 |
| Minguo calendar | 1105 before ROC 民前1105年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −661 |
| Seleucid era | 1118/1119 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1349–1350 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 933 or 552 or −220 — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 934 or 553 or −219 |
Events edit
By place edit
Abbasid Empire and Byzantine Empire edit
- Emperor Nikephoros I is forced to sue for peace, on condition of paying 50,000 nomismata to Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and agrees to 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]
- An Abbasid fleet under Humayd ibn Ma'yuf al-Hajuri raids the Peloponnese, Rhodes and Myra.[4]
Europe edit
- Al-Andalus (modern Spain): An uprising occurs in the city of Mérida against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.[5]
- Siege of Patras: This marks the end of independent rule by the South Slavs in the Peloponnese (or 805).
Britain edit
- The Vikings land on the Cornish coast, and form an alliance with the Cornish to fight against Wessex.
- King Cuthred of Kent dies. His brother, King Coenwulf of Mercia, takes control over Kent himself.
Asia edit
- 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 edit
Religion edit
- 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 edit
Births edit
- Dongshan Liangjie, Chinese Buddhist teacher (d. 869)
Deaths edit
- October 13 – Simpert, bishop of Augsburg
- Conall mac Taidg, king of the Picts (approximate date)
- Cuthred, king of Kent
- Robert II, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
- Stephen the Hymnographer, Syrian monk (b. 725)
- Widukind, duke of Saxony (approximate date)
References edit
- ^ Bosworth 1989, p. 263
- ^ Treadgold 1988, pp. 145, 408 (Note 190).
- ^ Mango & Scott 1997, p. 662.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, p. 148.
- ^ Rucquoi 1993, p. 85.
Sources edit
- Bosworth, C. E., ed. (1989). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXX: The ʿAbbāsid Caliphate in Equilibrium: The Caliphates of Mūsā al-Hādī and Hārūn al-Rashīd, A.D. 785–809/A.H. 169–192. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-564-4.
- Mango, Cyril; Scott, Roger (1997). The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor. Byzantine and Near Eastern History, AD 284–813. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-822568-7.
- Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique (in French). Paris: Seuil. p. 85. ISBN 2-02-012935-3.
- Treadgold, Warren (1988). The Byzantine Revival, 780–842. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1462-4.