809
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 770s 780s 790s – 800s – 810s 820s 830s |
| Years: | 806 807 808 – 809 – 810 811 812 |
| 809 by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 809 DCCCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1562 |
| Armenian calendar | 258 ԹՎ ՄԾԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5559 |
| Bengali calendar | 216 |
| Berber calendar | 1759 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1353 |
| Burmese calendar | 171 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6317–6318 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3505 or 3445 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3506 or 3446 |
| Coptic calendar | 525–526 |
| Discordian calendar | 1975 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 801–802 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4569–4570 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 865–866 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 731–732 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3910–3911 |
| Holocene calendar | 10809 |
| Iranian calendar | 187–188 |
| Islamic calendar | 193–194 |
| Japanese calendar | Daidō 4 (大同４年) |
| Julian calendar | 809 DCCCIX |
| Korean calendar | 3142 |
| Minguo calendar | 1103 before ROC 民前1103年 |
| Seleucid era | 1120/1121 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1351–1352 |
Year 809 (DCCCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Spring – Siege of Serdica: Krum, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, captures the fortress of Serdica (modern Sofia) after a long siege.[1] According to Byzantine sources, he massacres the garrison (supposedly 6,000 men) and razes the city walls while returning with many loot to Bulgaria.[2] In the following years (and centuries) Serdica will serve as a base for the expansion of the Bulgars to the south of the Balkans.
Europe
- A Byzantine fleet lands in the Venetian Lagoon and attacks a Frankish flotilla at Comacchio but is defeated. Doge Obelerio degli Antenori marries a Frankish bride: Carola, she becomes the first dogaressa of Venice.
- Aznar Galíndez I succeeds Aureolus as count of Aragon (modern Spain). He is installed by king Louis the Pious (a son of emperor Charlemagne) and remains a Frankish vassal.
- A rebellion in Gharb al-Andalus (modern Portugal) is crushed by the Emirate of Córdoba.[3]
Arabian Empire
- March 24 – Caliph Harun al-Rashid dies at Tus on an expedition to put down an uprising in Khorasan (modern Iran). He is succeeded by his son Muhammad ibn Harun al-Amin.
- Fourth Fitna: A conflict between the brothers Al-Amin and Al-Ma'mun over the succession of the throne of the Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Ma'mun begins in the city of Marw an revolt.
Asia
- Emperor Heizei becomes ill and abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Saga. He is installed as the 52nd emperor of Japan.[4]
- Emperor Govinda III defeats his rival Nagabhata II and obtains the submission of the Pala Empire (India).[5][6]
By topic
Religion
- Council of Aachen: Frankish bishops adopt the filioque addition in the Creed. Pope Leo III intervenes and refuses to recognize it as valid.
Births
- Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Muslim scholar and physician (d. 873)
- Jing Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 827)
- Wen Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 840)
Deaths
- Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf, Muslim poet (b. 750)
- Aejang, king of Silla (b. 788)
- Aureolus of Aragon, Frankish nobleman
- Cellach Tosach mac Donngaile, Irish king
- Elfodd, Welsh bishop (approximate date)
- Gang, king of Balhae (Korea)
- March 24 – Harun al-Rashid, Muslim caliph (b. 763)
- March 26 – Ludger, Frisian missionary
- Ōtomo no Otomaro, Japanese general (b. 731)
- Wang Shizhen, Chinese general (b. 759)
References
- ↑ Theophanes Confessor. Chronographia, p. 485
- ↑ John V.A. Fine, Jr (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, p. 95. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3
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- ↑ Emperor Saga, Saganoyamanoe Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency
- ↑ The Cambridge Shorter History of India, p. 143
- ↑ Dynastic History of Magadha by George E. Somers, p. 179
