AD 808
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| AD 808 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 808 DCCCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1561 |
| Armenian calendar | 257 ԹՎ ՄԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5558 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 729–730 |
| Bengali calendar | 215 |
| Berber calendar | 1758 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1352 |
| Burmese calendar | 170 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6316–6317 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3505 or 3298 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3506 or 3299 |
| Coptic calendar | 524–525 |
| Discordian calendar | 1974 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 800–801 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4568–4569 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 864–865 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 729–730 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3908–3909 |
| Holocene calendar | 10808 |
| Iranian calendar | 186–187 |
| Islamic calendar | 192–193 |
| Japanese calendar | Daidō 3 (大同３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 704–705 |
| Julian calendar | 808 DCCCVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3141 |
| Minguo calendar | 1104 before ROC 民前1104年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −660 |
| Seleucid era | 1119/1120 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1350–1351 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 934 or 553 or −219 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 935 or 554 or −218 |
Year 808 (DCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 808th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 808th year of the 1st millennium, the 8th year of the 9th century, and the 9th year of the 800s decade.
Events
By place
Europe
- King Godfred of the Danes forms an alliance with the Wiltzi and other Wendic tribes, against the pagan but pro-Frankish Abodrites.[1] Godfred builds earthworks (Danevirke) across the isthmus of Schleswig-Holstein, separating Jutland from the northern extent of the Frankish Empire.
- Viking Age: First Viking raid, by Danes against the Baltic coast. Godfred destroys the Slav settlement of Reric (near present-day Wismar), used as a strategic trade route. The population is displaced or abducted, to Hedeby (Denmark).
- Emperor Charlemagne gives orders to construct two new forts on the Elbe River, garrisoning them against future Slav incursions.[2]
- In Gharb al-Andalus (modern Portugal), Hazim ibn Wahb leads a rebellion against the Emirate of Córdoba.[3]
Britain
- Exiled king Eardwulf of Northumbria is able to return to his kingdom, with the support of Charlemagne and Pope Leo III. He ousts the usurper, King Ælfwald II.
- Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys (modern Wales), dies after a 35-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Cyngen ap Cadell.
By topic
Finance
Births
- September 27 – Ninmyō, emperor of Japan (d. 850)
- Emma of Altdorf, Frankish queen (or 803)
- Gottschalk of Orbais, German monk and theologian (approximate date)
- Kang Chengxun, general of the Tang Dynasty (approximate date)
- Kim Yang, viceroy of Silla (Korea) (d. 857)
- Walafrid Strabo, Frankish theological writer (approximate date)
Deaths
- Ælfwald II, king of Northumbria (approximate date)
- Al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki, Muslim governor (b. 766)
- Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys (Wales)
- Du Huangchang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Eanbald II, archbishop of York
- Elipando, Spanish archbishop and theologian (approximate date)
- Layman Pang, Chinese (Zen) Buddhist (b. 740)
References
- ^ Nicolle 2014, p. 21.
- ^ Nicolle 2014, p. 84.
- ^ Serrão, Joel; de Oliveira Marques, A. H. (1993). "O Portugal Islâmico". Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Editorial Presença. p. 124.
Sources
- Nicolle, David (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5.