These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. The individual century pages contain lists of decades and years. See history for different organizations of historical events. See Calendar and List of calendars for other groupings of years. For earlier time periods see cosmological timeline, geologic timescale, evolutionary timeline, pleistocene... Centuries: (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Contents // 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there... 8th century - ( (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Contents // 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there... 9th century - ( ( (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Contents // 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there... 10th century

This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. See also centuries and history. Decade is also an album by Neil Young. During the 20th Century and continuing today it became popular to look at that centurys decades as historical entities in themselves. Particular... Decades: Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 700s - 710s _ 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s Years: 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 Events: Categories: 750s ... 750s Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 710s - 720s _ 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s Years: 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 Events: Charlemagne inherits Kingdom of the Franks from Pepin the Short Categories: 760s ... 760s Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 720s - 730s _ 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s Years: 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 Events: Categories: 770s ... 770s Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 730s - 740s _ 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s Years: 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 Events and trends: Charlemagne expands the Frankish kingdom by gains in Saxony, Spain. Hwicce reduced from a kingdom to... 780s Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 740s - 750s - 760s _ 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s _ 830s - 840s Years: 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 Events and trends: In 793, the Vikings sack the monastery of Lindisfarne. This is the first of... 790s - 800s - Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 760s - 770s _ 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s Years: 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 Trends and events: 814 - Charlemagne dies; transfer of united territory to Louis the Pious. 814-817 - Bulgarian siege of... 810s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 770s - 780s _ 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s Years: 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 Events: Egbert of Wessex rises to the position of Bretwalda. The Saracens conquer Crete and invade Sicily. The Kingdom... 820s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 780s - 790s _ 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s Years: 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 Events: The first Swedes arrive in Russia. (The Rus, from Roslagen) The Viking raids in Western Europe get more... 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 790s - 800s _ 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s Years: 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 Events: After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothair II... 840s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 800s - 810s _ 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 Events Important people Charles the Bald Louis the German Lothar Ethelwulf of Wessex Bardas Kenneth I of Scotland Halfdan the... 850s

Years: For other uses, see number 800. Years: 796 797 798 799 - 800 - 801 802 803 804 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Events December 25, Rome, coronation of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as emperor by Pope Leo III. Celtic monks begin... 800 Years: 797 798 799 800 - 801 - 802 803 804 805 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events December 28 - Louis the Vrome occupies Barcelona. Births Deaths Categories: 801 ... 801 Years: 798 799 800 801 - 802 - 803 804 805 806 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events 31 October - Irene deposed as Emperoress of Byzantium and replaced by Nicephorus I. She is banished to Lesbos. Jayavarman II declares the Khmer independent... 802 Years: 799 800 801 802 - 803 - 804 805 806 807 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events Nicephorus I and Charlemagne settle their imperial boundaries. Venice recognized as independent by Byzantine Empire. Births Du Mu, Chinese poet Deaths August 9 - Former... 803 Years: 800 801 802 803 - 804 - 805 806 807 808 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events March 25 - The Inscription of Sukabumi from Eastern Java marks the beginning of the Javanese language. March 30 - Liudger becomes 1st Bishop of Munster... 804 Years: 801 802 803 804 - 805 - 806 807 808 809 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events Emperor Nicephorus I of Byzantium suffers a major defeat against the Saracens at Crasus. Tang Shun Zong succeeds Tang De Zong as emperor of... 805 Years: 802 803 804 805 - 806 - 807 808 809 810 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events April 12 - Nicephorus elected patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Tarasius. Heizei succeeds Kammu as Emperor of Japan. Dalmatia for a short time is part of... 806 Years: 803 804 805 806 - 807 - 808 809 810 811 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events After the death of Cuthred, king Coenwulf of Mercia takes control over Kent himself. Births Deaths Cuthred, king of Kent, brother of Coenwulf Categories... 807 Years: 804 805 806 807 - 808 - 809 810 811 812 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events The Abbasid capital is moved north from Baghdad to Samarra. Krum is king of Bulgaria; the Dulo clan is restored. Births Deaths Widukind, Saxon... 808 Years: 805 806 807 808 - 809 - 810 811 812 813 Decades: 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events Saga succeeds Heizei as emperor of Japan. Births Deaths March 24 - Harun al-Rashid, caliph Categories: 809 ... 809

Significant Events and Trends

• Swedish town of Birka founded as a centre of trade on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren.
• In 800, Statue of Charlemagne (Karl dem Großen, Charles the Great) in Frankfurt. Photographed in 2002 by Flups. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation... Charlemagne is crowned emperor. He continues to extend the empire, conquering For other uses, see Barcelona (disambiguation). Coat of arms of Barcelona Flag of Barcelona Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital of Spain (41º 23 N, 2º 11 E). It is in the comarca... Barcelona in 801 and finishing his conquest of State Service Flag Civil Flag Statistics Capital: Dresden Area: 18,338 km² Inhabitants: 4,600,000 (2000) pop. density: 251 inh./km² Homepage: sachsen.de (http://www.sachsen.de/) ISO 3166-2: DE-SN Politics Minister-president: Georg Milbradt (CDU) Ruling party: CDU/SPD Map With an area of... Saxony in 804, and establishing boundaries between the western and eastern empire with Nicephorus I (died July 26, 811) was a Byzantine emperor (802-811). He was a native of Seleucia in Pisidia, who was raised by the empress Irene to the office of logothetes or lord high treasurer. With the help of the patricians and eunuchs he contrived to dethrone and exile... Nicephorus I.
• In 802, Jayavarman II establishes the kingdom of Angkor viewed from space The Bayon temple at Angkor Angkor is the ancient capital of the Khmer empire (history) which thrived from the 9th century to 15th century CE. Its ruins are located in forests to the north of the Great Lake (Tonle Sap), near present day Siem Reap, Cambodia... Angkor.

Important people

• Statue of Charlemagne (Karl dem Großen, Charles the Great) in Frankfurt. Photographed in 2002 by Flups. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation... Charlemagne
• Harun al-Rashid (Arabic هارون الرشيد also spelled Harun ar-Rashid, Haroun al-Rashid or Haroon al Rasheed; English: Aaron the Upright; ca. 763–809) was the fifth and most famous Abbasid Caliph. Ruling from 786 until 809, his reign... Haroun al-Raschid
• Jayavarman II
• Nicephorus I (died July 26, 811) was a Byzantine emperor (802-811). He was a native of Seleucia in Pisidia, who was raised by the empress Irene to the office of logothetes or lord high treasurer. With the help of the patricians and eunuchs he contrived to dethrone and exile... Nicephorus I