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Calendar overview 808
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| 808 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 256/257 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 800/801 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1351/52 (southern Buddhism); 1350/51 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 58th (59th) cycle
Year of the earth-rat戊子 ( at the beginning of the year fire-pig 丁亥) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 170/171 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 186/187 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 192/193 (October 24/25) |
| Jewish calendar | 4568/69 (September 24/25) |
| Coptic calendar | 524/525 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDLXI (1561)
Diocletian's era : 524/525 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1118/19 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1119/20 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 846 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 864/865 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Northern and Eastern Europe
- Viking Age : Vikings destroy the Slavic- Danish trading center Reric on the Mecklenburg coast and kidnap the merchants to Haithabu .
Central and Southern Europe
- The Franks under Louis the Pious fail in their attempt to conquer Tortosa for the Kingdom of Aquitaine .
- Fleischwangen is first mentioned in a document.
British Islands
After the death of his father Cadell ap Brochfael, Cyngen ap Cadell becomes ruler of the Celtic kingdom of Powys in what is now Wales. He faces a permanent threat from the neighboring Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia .
Eardwulf becomes king of Northumbria again around 808 after the death of the usurper Ælfwald II .
science and technology
- The Benedictine monk Adelmus observes sunspots , but interprets them as a transit of Mercury .
Born
- Hemma , Queen of East Franconia († 876 )
- Hunayn ibn Ishaq , Christian-Arab scholar († 873 )
Died
- Cadell ap Brochfael , Celtic ruler of Powys (* before 773)
- Godelaib , Danish governor and traitor
- around 808: Ælfwald II , King of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria