804
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 804 by topic |
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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 | Quý chưaNăm (WaterGoat) 3501 or 3294 — to — Giáp thân năm (WoodMonkey) 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 | Enryaku23 ( duyên lịch ２３ năm ) |
| Javanese calendar | 699–700 |
| Julian calendar | 804 DCCCIV |
| Korean calendar | 3137 |
| Minguo calendar | 1108 beforeROC Dân trước 1108 năm |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −664 |
| Seleucid era | 1115/1116AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1346–1347 |
| Tibetan calendar | Âm thủy dương năm (female Water-Goat) 930 or 549 or −223 — to — Dương mộc năm con khỉ (male Wood-Monkey) 931 or 550 or −222 |
Year804(DCCCIV) was aleap year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Abbasid Caliphate
[edit]- Battle of Krasos:EmperorNikephoros Irefuses to pay thetributeimposed by CaliphHarun al-Rashidof theAbbasid Caliphate.AMuslim-Arabexpeditionary force invadesAsia Minor.During a surprise attack, Nikephoros suffers a major defeat against theSaracensat Krasos inPhrygia.According to Arabian sources, theByzantineslose 40,700 men and 4,000pack animals,while Nikephoros himself is almost killed, but saved by the bravery of his officers.[1][2]
- Abbasid caliphHarun al-RashidmarriesAbbasa, the daughter of Abbasid prince and officialSulayman.
Europe
[edit]- Summer – EmperorCharlemagnefinishes the conquest ofSaxony.TheCarolingianadministration in the north is restored and thediocese of Bremenis re-established.[3]Venice,torn by infighting, switchesallegiancefromConstantinopleto KingPepin of Italy,son of Charlemagne.
- Obelerio degli Antenoribecomes the ninthdoge of Venice,after his predecessorGiovanni Galbaioflees toMantua,where he is killed.
- TheGymnasium CarolinuminOsnabrückis founded by Charlemagne (the oldest school inGermany).[4]
Asia
[edit]- Kūkai,JapaneseBuddhistmonk, travels in a government-sponsored expedition toChina,in order to learn more about theMahavairocana Sutra.He brings back texts ofShingon(Esoteric Buddhism).
- PriestSaichō,patriarch ofTendaiBuddhism,visits China and reportedly brings backteaseeds (or805).
- The Inscription ofSukabumifrom EasternJavamarks the beginning of theJavanese language.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Ludger,Frisianmissionary,becomes the firstbishopofMünster,and builds amonasterythere.
Births
[edit]- Bayazid Bastami,PersianSufi(d.874)
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa,Japaneseregent(d.872)
Deaths
[edit]- May 19–Alcuin,bishop and advisor toCharlemagne
- October 1–Richbod,archbishop ofTrier
- Saint Abundantia,Christian saint
- Giovanni Galbaio,doge ofVenice(approximate date)
- Ibrahim al-Mawsili,musician and singer (b.742)
- Lu Yu,Chinese author ofThe Classic of Tea(b.733)
- Ragnar LothbrokLegendary Norse Viking hero and Scandinavian King.
References
[edit]- ^Bosworth 1989,p. 248;Mango & Scott 1997,p. 660
- ^Treadgold 1988,p. 135
- ^Nicolle 2014,p. 83.
- ^The building of the Gymnasium Carolinum, OsnabrückArchivedMay 19, 2006, at theWayback MachineAccessed October 2008
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.ISBN978-0-88706-564-4.
- Mango, Cyril;Scott, Roger (1997).The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor. Byzantine and Near Eastern History, AD 284–813.Oxford University Press.ISBN0-19-822568-7.
- Nicolle, David(2014).The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785.Bloomsbury USA.ISBN978-1-78200-825-5.
- Treadgold, Warren(1988).The Byzantine Revival, 780–842.Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.ISBN978-0-8047-1462-4.