804
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Leaders |
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Gregorian calendar | 804 DCCCIV |
Ab urbe condita | 1557 |
Armenian calendar | 253 ԹՎ ՄԾԳ |
Assyrian calendar | 5554 |
Balinese saka calendar | 725–726 |
Bengali calendar | 211 |
Berber calendar | 1754 |
Buddhist calendar | 1348 |
Burmese calendar | 166 |
Byzantine calendar | 6312–6313 |
Chinese calendar | 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3501 or 3294 — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3502 or 3295 |
Coptic calendar | 520–521 |
Discordian calendar | 1970 |
Ethiopian calendar | 796–797 |
Hebrew calendar | 4564–4565 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 860–861 |
- Shaka Samvat | 725–726 |
- Kali Yuga | 3904–3905 |
Holocene calendar | 10804 |
Iranian calendar | 182–183 |
Islamic calendar | 188–189 |
Japanese calendar | Enryaku 23 (延暦23年) |
Javanese calendar | 699–700 |
Julian calendar | 804 DCCCIV |
Korean calendar | 3137 |
Minguo calendar | 1108 before ROC 民前1108年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −664 |
Seleucid era | 1115/1116 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1346–1347 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 930 or 549 or −223 — to — 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 931 or 550 or −222 |
Year 804 (DCCCIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Battle of Krasos: Emperor Nikephoros I refuses to pay tribute imposed by caliph Harun al-Rashid of the Abbasid Caliphate. An Muslim-Arab expeditionary force invades Asia Minor. During a surprise attack, Nikephoros suffers a major defeat against the Saracens at Krasos in Phrygia. According to Arabian sources, the Byzantines lose 40,700 men and 4,000 pack animals, while Nikephoros himself is almost killed; but saved by the bravery of his officers.[1][2]
Europe
- Summer – Emperor Charlemagne finishes the conquest of Saxony. The Carolingian administration in the north is restored and the diocese of Bremen is re-established.[3] Venice, torn by infighting, switches the allegiance from Constantinople to king Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne.
- The Gymnasium Carolinum in Osnabrück is founded by Charlemagne. It becomes the oldest school in Germany.[4]
Asia
- Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk, travels in a government-sponsored expedition to China in order to learn more about the Mahavairocana Sutra. He brings back texts of Shingon (Esoteric Buddhism).
- 804–805 – Priest Saicho, patriarch of Tendai Buddhism, visits China and reportedly brings back tea seeds.
- The Inscription of Sukabumi from Eastern Java marks the beginning of the Javanese language.
By topic
Religion
- Ludger, Frisian missionary, becomes the first bishop of Münster and builds there a monastery.
Births
- Bayazid Bastami, Persian sufi (d. 874)
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Japanese statesmen and regent (d. 872)
Deaths
- May 19 – Alcuin, bishop and advisor to Charlemagne
- Lu Yu, Chinese author of The Classic of Tea (b. 733)
- October 1 – Richbod, archbishop of Trier
References
- ^ Bosworth 1989, p. 248 ; Mango & Scott 1997, p. 660
- ^ Treadgold 1988, p. 135
- ^ David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 83. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5
- ^ The building of the Gymnasium Carolinum, OsnabrückAccessed October 2008