804
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 770s 780s 790s – 800s – 810s 820s 830s |
| Years: | 801 802 803 – 804 – 805 806 807 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 804 DCCCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1557 |
| Armenian calendar | 253 ԹՎ ՄԾԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5554 |
| Bengali calendar | 211 |
| Berber calendar | 1754 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1348 |
| Burmese calendar | 166 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6312–6313 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3500 or 3440 — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3501 or 3441 |
| Coptic calendar | 520–521 |
| Discordian calendar | 1970 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 796–797 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4564–4565 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 860–861 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 726–727 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3905–3906 |
| Holocene calendar | 10804 |
| Iranian calendar | 182–183 |
| Islamic calendar | 188–189 |
| Japanese calendar | Enryaku 23 (延暦２３年) |
| Julian calendar | 804 DCCCIV |
| Korean calendar | 3137 |
| Minguo calendar | 1108 before ROC 民前1108年 |
| Seleucid era | 1115/1116 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1346–1347 |
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.
- Obelerio degli Antenori becomes the ninth doge of Venice after his predecessor Giovanni Galbaio flees to Mantua where he is killed.
- 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).
- Priest Saichō, patriarch of Tendai Buddhism, visits China and reportedly brings back tea seeds (or 805).
- 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 regent (d. 872)
Deaths
- May 19 – Alcuin, bishop and advisor to Charlemagne
- Giovanni Galbaio, doge of Venice (approximate date)
- 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, Osnabrück Accessed October 2008
