805
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century · 9th century · 10th century |
| Decades: | 770s · 780s · 790s · 800s · 810s · 820s · 830s |
| Years: | 802 · 803 · 804 · 805 · 806 · 807 · 808 |
| 805 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 805 DCCCV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1558 |
| Armenian calendar | 254 ԹՎ ՄԾԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5555 |
| Bengali calendar | 212 |
| Berber calendar | 1755 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1349 |
| Burmese calendar | 167 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6313–6314 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3501 or 3441 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3502 or 3442 |
| Coptic calendar | 521–522 |
| Discordian calendar | 1971 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 797–798 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4565–4566 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 861–862 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 726–727 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3905–3906 |
| Holocene calendar | 10805 |
| Iranian calendar | 183–184 |
| Islamic calendar | 189–190 |
| Japanese calendar | Enryaku 24 (延暦２４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 700–701 |
| Julian calendar | 805 DCCCV |
| Korean calendar | 3138 |
| Minguo calendar | 1107 before ROC 民前1107年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −663 |
| Seleucid era | 1116/1117 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1347–1348 |
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Emperor Xian Zong (778–820)
Year 805 (DCCCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Siege of Patras: Local Slavic tribes of the Peloponnese lay siege to the city of Patras (modern Greece) with aid from an Arab fleet. A Byzantine relief army under Skleros, military governor (strategos) from Corinth, is sent and retakes the city. The captured Slavs in Patras are made slaves and a church is dedicated to St. Andrew.[1]
Europe
- Battle of Canburg: The Franks under Charles the Younger, son of emperor Charlemagne, defeat the Slavs near the present-day town of Kadaň and conquer Bohemia (modern Czech Republic).
- Krum, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, conquers and destroys the Eastern part of the Avar Khaganate (approximate date).
- First known mention of Magdeburg (Saxony-Anhalt) founded by Charlemagne.
Britain
- King Egbert of Wessex formally establishes kingship over Devon after a integration over many years. Dumnonia is reduced to cover only the Cornish in Cornwall (approximate date).
Asia
- February 25 – Emperor De Zong dies after a 25-year reign in which the fanzhen is controlled by military governors or jiedushi, often ignoring imperial decrees. He is succeeded by his son Shun Zong who becomes ruler of the Tang Dynasty.
- August 31 – Shun Zong issues an edict to yield the throne to his son Xian Zong (Li Chun) because of an illness. Taking for himself the title of "Retired Emperor" (Taishang Huang). Xian is confronted with political disputes in Zi Prefecture (Shaanxi).
- Priest Saichō, patriarch of Tendai Buddhism, visits China and introduces tea to Japan on his return (or 804).
By topic
Religion
- The Palatine Chapel in Aachen (modern Germany) is consecrated by pope Leo III.
Births
- García Íñiguez I, king of Pamplona (approximate date)
- Judith of Bavaria, Frankish empress (d. 843)
- Liudolf, duke of Saxony (approximate date)
- Lupus Servatus, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
Deaths
- May 12 – Æthelhard, archbishop of Canterbury
- Anselm, duke of Friuli (approximate date)
- Cernach mac Fergusa, king of South Brega (Ireland)
- February 25 – De Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 742)
- Hui-kuo, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 746)
- Jia Dan, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 730)
- Muhammad al-Shaybani, Muslim jurist
- Urbicius, Frankish monk (approximate date)
- Wei Gao, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 745)
References
- ↑ John V.A. Fine, Jr (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3
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