816

Calendar year

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century 9th century 10th century
Decades:	790s 800s 810s 820s 830s
Years:	813 814 815 816 817 818 819
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816 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar 816
DCCCXVI

Ab urbe condita 1569

Armenian calendar 265
ԹՎ ՄԿԵ

Assyrian calendar 5566

Balinese saka calendar 737–738

Bengali calendar 222–223

Berber calendar 1766

Buddhist calendar 1360

Burmese calendar 178

Byzantine calendar 6324–6325

Chinese calendar 乙未年 (Wood Goat)
3513 or 3306
— to —
丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
3514 or 3307

Coptic calendar 532–533

Discordian calendar 1982

Ethiopian calendar 808–809

Hebrew calendar 4576–4577

Hindu calendars

- Vikram Samvat 872–873

- Shaka Samvat 737–738

- Kali Yuga 3916–3917

Holocene calendar 10816

Iranian calendar 194–195

Islamic calendar 200–201

Japanese calendar Kōnin 7
(弘仁7年)

Javanese calendar 712–713

Julian calendar 816
DCCCXVI

Korean calendar 3149

Minguo calendar 1096 before ROC
民前1096年

Nanakshahi calendar −652

Seleucid era 1127/1128 AG

Thai solar calendar 1358–1359

Tibetan calendar 阴木羊年
(female Wood-Goat)
942 or 561 or −211
— to —
阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
943 or 562 or −210

Pope Stephen IV (c. 770–817)

Year 816 (DCCCXVI ) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 816th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 816th year of the 1st millennium, the 16th year of the 9th century, and the 7th year of the 810s decade.

Events

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Europe

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October 5 – King Louis the Pious (son of Charlemagne) is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, by Pope Stephen IV at Reims. He also crowns the emperor's wife Ermengarde as Holy Roman Empress. The ceremony in Reims re-establishes the principle of papal supremacy, by recognising the importance of the pope in imperial coronations. Louis gives the pope many gifts, including the estate tax Vendeuvre, near Troyes (Northern France).^[1]
Vikings raid Ireland at the Kingdom of Munster, at Inish Cathaigh.^[2]
Battle of Pancorbo: A Moorish army from the Emirate of Córdoba is sent by Emir Al-Hakam I, to take control of the pass at Pancorbo. They defeat the army of Asturian-Basque Frankish vassals.^[3]
Winter – The Basques, supported by the Moors, cross the Garonne River and revolt against the Franks in Gascony (north of the Pyrenees).^[4]

Britain

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King Hywel of Gwynedd is attacked by his brother Cynan on Anglesey (modern Wales), who is killed during the fighting (approximate date).

Abbasid Caliphate

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Babak Khorramdin, Persian military leader, revolts against the Abbasid Caliphate in Azerbaijan (approximate date).

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Religion

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Synod of Aachen: Louis the Pious calls for a council about the regulations (Institutio canonicorum Aquisgranensis ) for monastic life in the Frankish Empire.
Synod of Chelsea: King Coenwulf of Mercia calls for a council about his right to appoint abbots and monasteries in England.
June 12 – Pope Leo III dies after a 20-year reign, and is succeeded by Pope Stephen IV as the 97th pope of Rome.

Births

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Formosus, pope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)
Henjō, Japanese waka poet (d. 890)

Deaths

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June 12 – Leo III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 750)
October 28 – Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
Cynan Dindaethwy, king of Gwynedd (Wales)
Fātimah bint Mūsā, Muslim saint (b. 790)
Harthama ibn A'yan, Muslim governor
Hildoard, archbishop of Cambrai
Li He, Chinese poet (b. 790)^[5]
Empress Dowager Wang (Xianzong), Chinese empress
Wulfar, archbishop of Reims

References

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^ Salvador Miranda (1998). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Pope Stefano IV (815–817).
^ "Ireland's History in Maps (800 AD)". Dennis Walsh. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved on 26 July 2017.
^ Sánchez Albornoz, Claudio; Claudio Sánchez Albornoz. Problems del Reino de Navarra del siglo IX. p. 16.
^ Islam and Europe Timeline (355–1291 AD).
^ "Li He | Center for the Art of Translation | Two Lines Press". Center for the Art of Translation. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

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