The eastern hemisphere in 800AD.

Year 800 (DCCC) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Europe

• September 15 – Oldest known mention of Castile.
• December 25 – Charles the Great is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, marking the start of the Holy Roman Empire.
• Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona.
• The town of Shrewsbury, England is founded.

[edit] South Asia

• King Govinda III of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty starts his military campaign against Northern India.
• King Vatsaraja of the Pratiharas is defeated by Dhruva in the Rashtrakuta-Pratihara conflict for the control of Kannauj city.

[edit] East Asia

• Emperor Dezong of Tang China, unable to quell the rebellion of military governor Wu Shaocheng, pardons him.

[edit] Africa

• Bantu-speaking people settle in present-day Zambia (approximate date).
• In Tunisia, Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab is appointed as hereditary Emir by Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
• The west African Kingdom of Takrur is founded (approximate date), flourishing roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.

[edit] Americas

• The Arawak people settle on the island of Barbados from South America (approximate date).
• The Mississippian Period begins in the central North American Continent.^[1]
• The Mayan civilization begins its decline

[edit] Oceania

• The Māori start migrating to New Zealand (approximate date).

[edit] Births

• supposed date of birth of Nominoe, first king of all Brittany.

[edit] Deaths

• Saint Alkelda

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The New Georgia Encyclopedia: Mississippian Period: Overview.