805

Year 805 (DCCCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century 9th century 10th century
Decades:	780s 790s 800s 810s 820s
Years:	802 803 804 805 806 807 808

805 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	805 DCCCV
Ab urbe condita	1558
Armenian calendar	254 ԹՎ ՄԾԴ
Assyrian calendar	5555
Balinese saka calendar	726–727
Bengali calendar	212
Berber calendar	1755
Buddhist calendar	1349
Burmese calendar	167
Byzantine calendar	6313–6314
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3501 or 3441     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3502 or 3442
Coptic calendar	521–522
Discordian calendar	1971
Ethiopian calendar	797–798
Hebrew calendar	4565–4566
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	861–862
- Shaka Samvat	726–727
- Kali Yuga	3905–3906
Holocene calendar	10805
Iranian calendar	183–184
Islamic calendar	189–190
Japanese calendar	Enryaku 24 (延暦２４年)
Javanese calendar	700–701
Julian calendar	805 DCCCV
Korean calendar	3138
Minguo calendar	1107 before ROC 民前1107年
Nanakshahi calendar	−663
Seleucid era	1116/1117 AG
Thai solar calendar	1347–1348
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 931 or 550 or −222     — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 932 or 551 or −221

Emperor Xian Zong (778–820)

Events

Byzantine Empire

• Siege of Patras: Local Slavic tribes of the Peloponnese lay siege to the city of Patras (modern Greece), with aid from an Arab fleet. A Byzantine relief army under Skleros, military governor (strategos) from Corinth, is sent and retakes the city. The captured Slavs in Patras are made slaves, and a church is dedicated to St. Andrew.[1]

Europe

• Battle of Canburg: The Franks under Charles the Younger, son of emperor Charlemagne, defeat the Slavs near the present-day town of Kadaň, and conquer Bohemia (modern Czech Republic).
• Krum, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, conquers and destroys the Eastern part of the Avar Khaganate (approximate date).
• The first known mention of Magdeburg (Saxony-Anhalt), founded by Charlemagne, is made.

Britain

• King Egbert of Wessex formally establishes kingship over Devon, after an integration over many years. Dumnonia is reduced to cover only the Cornish in Cornwall (approximate date).

Asia

• February 25 – Emperor De Zong dies after a 25-year reign, in which the fanzhen is controlled by military governors or jiedushi, who often ignore imperial decrees. He is succeeded by his son Shun Zong, who becomes ruler of the Tang Dynasty.
• August 31 – Shun Zong issues an edict to yield the throne to his son Xian Zong (Li Chun), because of an illness, taking for himself the title of "Retired Emperor" (Taishang Huang). Xian is confronted with political disputes in Zi Prefecture (Shaanxi).
• Priest Saichō, patriarch of Tendai Buddhism, visits China and introduces tea to Japan on his return (or 804).

Religion

• The Palatine Chapel in Aachen (modern Germany) is consecrated by Pope Leo III.

Births

• García Íñiguez I, king of Pamplona (approximate date)
• Louis the German, grandson of Charlemagne and first East frankish king. (Approximate date) (d. 876)
• Liudolf, duke of Saxony (approximate date)
• Lupus Servatus, Frankish abbot (approximate date)

Deaths

• February 25 – De Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 742)
• May 12 – Æthelhard, archbishop of Canterbury
• Anselm, duke of Friuli (approximate date)
• Cernach mac Fergusa, king of South Brega (Ireland)
• Urbicius, Frankish monk (approximate date)
• Hui-kuo, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 746)
• Jia Dan, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 730)
• Muhammad al-Shaybani, Muslim jurist
• Wei Gao, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 745)

References

1. Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.