802

Calendar overview 802

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802
The previous finance minister Nikephorus I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Irene .
802 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	250/251 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	794/795
Buddhist calendar	1345/46 (southern Buddhism); 1344/45 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	58th (59th) cycle Year of the water horse壬午 ( at the beginning of the year metal snake 辛巳)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	164/165 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	180/181 (around March 21)
Islamic calendar	185/ 186 (January 9-10. // 29/30 December.) / 187
Jewish calendar	4562/63 (August 31 / September 1)
Coptic calendar	518/519
Roman calendar	ab urbe condita MDLV (1555) Diocletian's era : 518/519 (November turn of the year)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1112/13 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1113/14 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	840
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	858/859 (turn of the year April)

Events

Empress Irene

October 31 : The Byzantine Empress Irene is deposed; in their place their finance minister Nikephorus I becomes emperor, who banishes Irene to Lesbos . Her fall also thwarted any plans of Irene's marriage to Charlemagne .
Preslav becomes the capital of the Bulgarian Empire in place of Pliska . After the death of the Bulgarian ruler Kardam, there was initially a turmoil of the throne before Krum took over rule in 803 .

The Venetian Doge Giovanni Galbaio sends a punitive expedition against the Patriarchate of Grado . His son Mauritius leads a fleet to Grado , conquers the city and murders the patriarch John by causing him to fall from a high tower.

Charlemagne for the first time installs bailiffs for spiritual immunities. In addition, he established the office of royal messengers .
Charlemagne introduces a kind of compulsory education . In addition to the monasteries and cathedral monasteries , the pastors are required to run schools.

With the Lex Saxonum , the Saxons are largely regaining their old popular law.

The Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms 802

Egbert becomes King of Wessex, succeeding Beorhtric . While Beorhtric has largely subordinated himself to the Kingdom of Mercia , Egbert is striving for an independent position of power for Wessex.

Jayavarman II proclaims himself Deva-raja and thereby founds the kingdom of Angkor .
Caliph Hārūn ar-Raschīd regulates the succession to the throne between his sons al-Amin and Al-Ma'mun .

July 20 : Charlemagne receives the elephant Abul Abbas and other gifts as a gift from Caliph Hārūn ar-Raschīd from the Abbasid family in Aachen . Isaak from Aachen accompanied the elephant on his way north of the Alps.

Otto I becomes Bishop of Speyer .
Baugulf resigns as Abbot of Fulda ; Ratgar is his successor .
Egilwart becomes Bishop of Würzburg .
around 802: The Diocese of Neuburg is dissolved and incorporated into the Diocese of Augsburg under Bishop Simpert .
802/ 803 : Egbert succeeds Higbald as Bishop of Lindisfarne .

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