804
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- This article is about the year A.D. 804. For other uses of the term, see 804 (disambiguation).
| Centuries: | 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
| Decades: | 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s |
| Years: | 801 802 803 - 804 - 805 806 807 |
| 804 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 804 DCCCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1557 |
| Armenian calendar | 253 ԹՎ ՄԾԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1040 – -1039 |
| Berber calendar | 1754 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1348 |
| Burmese calendar | 166 |
| Chinese calendar | 3440/3500-11-15 (癸未年十一月十五日) — to —
3441/3501-11-26(甲申年十一月廿六日) |
| Coptic calendar | 520 – 521 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 796 – 797 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4564 – 4565 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 859 – 860 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 726 – 727 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3905 – 3906 |
| Holocene calendar | 10804 |
| Iranian calendar | 182 – 183 |
| Islamic calendar | 188 – 189 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3137 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1347 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Asia
- Japanese monk Kukai visits China, from which he brings back texts of Shingon (Esoteric Buddhism).
- 804-805 - Priest Saicho, patriarch of Tendai Buddhism, visits China and reportedly brings back tea seeds.
[edit] Oceania
- March 25 — The Inscription of Sukabumi from Eastern Java marks the beginning of the Javanese language.
[edit] Europe
- Charlemagne finishes the conquest of Saxony.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
- March 30 — Saint Ludger becomes the first Bishop of Munster.
[edit] Births
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Japanese regent (d. 872)
- Louis the German, Carolingian King of East Francia (d. 876)
[edit] Deaths
- May 19 — Alcuin of York, bishop of Tours, advisor to Charlemagne
- Lu Yu, Chinese author of The Classic of Tea (born 733)
