811
This article is about the year 811. For the number, see 811 (number). For the telephone N11 code, see 8-1-1.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 780s 790s 800s – 810s – 820s 830s 840s |
| Years: | 808 809 810 – 811 – 812 813 814 |
| 811 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 811 DCCCXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1564 |
| Armenian calendar | 260 ԹՎ ՄԿ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5561 |
| Bengali calendar | 218 |
| Berber calendar | 1761 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1355 |
| Burmese calendar | 173 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6319–6320 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3507 or 3447 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3508 or 3448 |
| Coptic calendar | 527–528 |
| Discordian calendar | 1977 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 803–804 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4571–4572 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 867–868 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 733–734 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3912–3913 |
| Holocene calendar | 10811 |
| Iranian calendar | 189–190 |
| Islamic calendar | 195–196 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōnin 2 (弘仁２年) |
| Julian calendar | 811 DCCCXI |
| Korean calendar | 3144 |
| Minguo calendar | 1101 before ROC 民前1101年 |
| Seleucid era | 1122/1123 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1353–1354 |
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Year 811 (DCCCXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Abbasid Caliphate
- January: Caliph al-Amin appoints Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan as governor of Khurasan, and sends him with an army against his brother al-Ma'mun, thereby beginning the Abbasid Civil War or Fourth Fitna.
Byzantine Empire
- July 26 – Battle of Pliska: Nikephoros I is defeated and killed by the Bulgar khan Krum, and is succeeded by Stauracius as Byzantine emperor.
- October 1 – Michael I Rangabe is declared Byzantine emperor; Stauracius retires to a monastery.
Births
Deaths
- July 24 – Gao Ying, Tang Dynasty official (b. 740)
- July 26 – Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor (in battle)
- December 1 – Charles the Younger, King of the Franks (b. c.772)