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807 CE

Li Jifu is appointed chancellor, during the reign of Emperor Xian Zong in China. Dappula II becomes king of Sri Lanka, and makes Anuradhapura the capital city. Emperor Nikephoros I is forced to sue for peace, on condition of paying 50,000 nomismata to Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and agrees to a yearly tribute. Nikephoros promises not to rebuild the dismantled forts. Rashid recalls his forces from various sieges, and evacuates Byzantine territory.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • The Vikings land on the Cornish coast, and form an alliance with the Cornish to fight against Wessex.source
  • Dappula II becomes king of Sri Lanka, and makes Anuradhapura the capital city.source

Conflict & Security

  • Al-Andalus (modern Spain): An uprising occurs in the city of Mérida against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.source
  • Siege of Patras: This marks the end of independent rule by the South Slavs in the Peloponnese (or 805).source

Exploration & Expansion

  • An Abbasid fleet under Humayd ibn Ma'yuf al-Hajuri raids the Peloponnese, Rhodes and Myra.source

Religion & Belief

  • The Jame' Atiq Mosque of Qazvin is constructed in Qazvin (modern Iran), by the orders of Harun al-Rashid.source
  • The Temple of Motoyama-ji in Mitoyo (Japan), of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect, is constructed by the orders of Emperor Heizei.source
  • The Book of Armagh is written by the Irish illuminator Ferdomnach, a scribe at the School of Armagh.source
  • Emperor Nikephoros I is forced to sue for peace, on condition of paying 50,000 nomismata to Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and agrees to a yearly tribute. Nikephoros promises not to rebuild the dismantled forts. Rashid recalls his forces from various sieges, and evacuates Byzantine territory.source

Culture & Society

  • Li Jifu is appointed chancellor, during the reign of Emperor Xian Zong in China.source

Births

  • Dongshan Liangjie, Chinese Buddhist teacher (d. 869)source

Deaths

  • October 13 – Simpert, bishop of Augsburgsource
  • Conall mac Taidg, king of the Picts (approximate date)source
  • Widukind, duke of Saxony (approximate date)source
  • Robert II, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)source
  • Stephen the Hymnographer, Syrian monk (b. 725)source
  • King Cuthred of Kent dies. His brother, King Coenwulf of Mercia, takes control over Kent himself.source