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    AD 808

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    808 in various calendars
    Gregorian calendar808
    DCCCVIII
    Ab urbe condita1561
    Armenian calendar257
    ԹՎ ՄԾԷ
    Assyrian calendar5558
    Balinese saka calendar729–730
    Bengali calendar214–215
    Berber calendar1758
    Buddhist calendar1352
    Burmese calendar170
    Byzantine calendar6316–6317
    Chinese calendar丁亥年 (Fire Pig)
    3505 or 3298
        — to —
    戊子年 (Earth Rat)
    3506 or 3299
    Coptic calendar524–525
    Discordian calendar1974
    Ethiopian calendar800–801
    Hebrew calendar4568–4569
    Hindu calendars
     - Vikram Samvat864–865
     - Shaka Samvat729–730
     - Kali Yuga3908–3909
    Holocene calendar10808
    Iranian calendar186–187
    Islamic calendar192–193
    Japanese calendarDaidō 3
    (大同３年)
    Javanese calendar704–705
    Julian calendar808
    DCCCVIII
    Korean calendar3141
    Minguo calendar1104 before ROC
    民前1104年
    Nanakshahi calendar−660
    Seleucid era1119/1120 AG
    Thai solar calendar1350–1351
    Tibetan calendarམེ་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་
    (female Fire-Boar)
    934 or 553 or −219
        — to —
    ས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་
    (male Earth-Rat)
    935 or 554 or −218
    Coin of king Eardwulf of Northumbria

    Year 808 (DCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday 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

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    Europe

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    • 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

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    • 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.

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    Finance

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    • Jewish merchants in Lombardy open the first bank (or money repository) in Italy (approximate date).

    Births

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    1. ^ Nicolle 2014, p. 21.
    2. ^ Nicolle 2014, p. 84.
    3. ^ 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

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    • Nicolle, David (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785. ISBN 978-1-78200-825-5.
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