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800
Charlemagne is led by Pope Leo III. in Peter's Basilica on Rome to the Roman Emperor crowned.
800 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	248/249 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	792/793
Buddhist calendar	1343/44 (southern Buddhism); 1342/43 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	58th (59th) cycle Year of the Metal Dragon庚辰 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Rabbit 己卯)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	162/163 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	178/179 (around March 21)
Islamic calendar	183/184 (January 31 / February 1)
Jewish calendar	4560/61 (23/24 September)
Coptic calendar	516/517
Roman calendar	ab urbe condita MDLIII (1553) Diocletian's era : 516/517 (New Year November)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1110/11 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1111/12 (New Year October)
Spanish era	838
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	856/857 (turn of the year April)

Events

November 24th : Charlemagne arrives in Rome to discuss the events of the assassination attempt on Pope Leo III at a synod beginning December 1st . to be clarified in April 799 . Leo takes an oath of cleansing on December 23rd to dispel his opponents' allegations. These, led by the nobles Paschalis and Campulus, are thereupon sentenced to death, but then pardoned for exile in the Franconian Empire .

December 25th : Charlemagne is taken over by Pope Leo III. in Peter's Basilica on Rome to the Roman Emperor ( " Augustus " and " Emperor ") crowned, the present people with the words "Charles, Augustus, the God-winning large and peace-bringing Emperor of the Romans, life and victory!" the acclamation perform. The reason given to the Pope, is the alleged throne vacancy in Constantinople Opel where for 797 with Irene a woman for the first time sole ruler. Karl was initially denied recognition as a Western Roman emperor by Constantinople (" two emperor problem "). In fact, the coronation signifies the establishment of the Western Empire, which sees itself as a continuation of the Roman Empire ( Translatio imperii ). It is unclear whether the coronation in this form was intended by Karl himself.

Various rebellions break out in Lisbon , Mérida and Toledo and last until 810. The uprisings are bloodily suppressed.
Joint campaign by Asturias (under Alfonso II ) and the Franconian Empire (military leader: Ludwig the Pious ) against the Moors . Lleida and Huesca are captured, Barcelona besieged and captured in 803 ; the conquests form the basis for the Spanish mark .

The Aghlabids win as emirs of Ifriqiya in North Africa in fact the independence of the caliph of the Abbasid in Baghdad . The dynasty ruled the Maghreb until 909 .

around 800: The Caribs advance from the American continent to the Caribbean islands .

Liudger founded the Werden monastery , which subsequently developed into the most important monastery in the region. It is owned by the Liudgers family. In the same year he also founded the St. Ludgeri monastery , from which the city of Helmstedt developed. Both monasteries are run in personal union.
around 800: Herford women's convent is founded

Britain around 800

Saint-Paul de Cormery Abbey : Erected by Charlemagne in memory of Luitgard

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