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::callout[type=note] 807 ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/سکه_هارون_الرشید_ضرب_مدینه_السلام_سال_192_ه.ق.jpg" caption="[[Dirham]] of [[Harun al-Rashid]] 192 AH/807 CE, Baghdad"] ::

NOTOC Year 807 (DCCCVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 807th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 807th year of the 1st millennium, the 7th year of the 9th century, and the 8th year of the 800s decade.

Events

By place

Abbasid Empire and Byzantine Empire

• Emperor Nikephoros I is forced to sue for peace, on condition of paying 50,000 nomismata to Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and agrees to a yearly tribute. Nikephoros promises not to rebuild the dismantled forts. Rashid recalls his forces from various sieges, and evacuates Byzantine territory. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Hārūn_al-Rashid,_Sayr_mulhimah_min_al-Sharq_wa-al-Gharb.png" caption="caliph]] of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]. He was the Arab leader of the Caliphate–Byzantine wars in the late 8th and early 9th century."] ::

• An Abbasid fleet under Humayd ibn Ma'yuf al-Hajuri raids the Peloponnese, Rhodes and Myra.

Europe

• Al-Andalus (modern Spain): An uprising occurs in the city of Mérida against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.
• Siege of Patras: This marks the end of independent rule by the South Slavs in the Peloponnese (or 805).

Britain

• The Vikings land on the Cornish coast, and form an alliance with the Cornish to fight against Wessex. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Cuthred_Coin1.jpg" caption="Coin of king [[Cuthred of Kent]] (798–807)"] ::

• King Cuthred of Kent dies. His brother, King Coenwulf of Mercia, takes control over Kent himself.

Asia

• Dappula II becomes king of Sri Lanka, and makes Anuradhapura the capital city.
• Li Jifu is appointed chancellor, during the reign of Emperor Xian Zong in China.

By topic

Religion

• The Temple of Motoyama-ji in Mitoyo (Japan), of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect, is constructed by the orders of Emperor Heizei.
• The Jame' Atiq Mosque of Qazvin is constructed in Qazvin (modern Iran), by the orders of Harun al-Rashid.
• The Book of Armagh is written by the Irish illuminator Ferdomnach, a scribe at the School of Armagh.

Science

• The first record of sun spots appears in Europe.

Births

• Dongshan Liangjie, Chinese Buddhist teacher (d. 869)

Deaths

• October 13 – Simpert, bishop of Augsburg
• Conall mac Taidg, king of the Picts (approximate date)
• Cuthred, king of Kent
• Robert II, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
• Stephen the Hymnographer, Syrian monk (b. 725)
• Widukind, duke of Saxony (approximate date)

References

Sources

References

1. {{harvnb. Bosworth. 1989
2. {{harvnb. Mango. Scott. 1997

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