812
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 780s 790s 800s – 810s – 820s 830s 840s |
| Years: | 809 810 811 – 812 – 813 814 815 |
| 812 by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 812 DCCCXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1565 |
| Armenian calendar | 261 ԹՎ ՄԿԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5562 |
| Bengali calendar | 219 |
| Berber calendar | 1762 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1356 |
| Burmese calendar | 174 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6320–6321 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3508 or 3448 — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3509 or 3449 |
| Coptic calendar | 528–529 |
| Discordian calendar | 1978 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 804–805 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4572–4573 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 868–869 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 734–735 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3913–3914 |
| Holocene calendar | 10812 |
| Iranian calendar | 190–191 |
| Islamic calendar | 196–197 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōnin 3 (弘仁３年) |
| Julian calendar | 812 DCCCXII |
| Korean calendar | 3145 |
| Minguo calendar | 1100 before ROC 民前1100年 |
| Seleucid era | 1123/1124 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1354–1355 |
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Year 812 (DCCCXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- The second Battle of Roncevaux Pass is fought between the Basques and the Franks.
- The Republic of Amalfi sends galleys to support the byzantine strategos of Sicily, Gregorio, against the Aghlabid invaders. It is one of the earliest evidence of the independence of the city.[1]
China
- The Chinese government takes over the issuing of paper bank drafts, the ancestor of paper money.
Births
- date unknown – Wen Tingyun, Chinese poet (died 870)
Deaths
- January 11 – Stauracius, Byzantine emperor
- Du You, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 735)