841
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 810s 820s 830s – 840s – 850s 860s 870s |
| Years: | 838 839 840 – 841 – 842 843 844 |
| 841 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 841 DCCCXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1594 |
| Armenian calendar | 290 ԹՎ ՄՂ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5591 |
| Bengali calendar | 248 |
| Berber calendar | 1791 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1385 |
| Burmese calendar | 203 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6349–6350 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3537 or 3477 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3538 or 3478 |
| Coptic calendar | 557–558 |
| Discordian calendar | 2007 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 833–834 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4601–4602 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 897–898 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 763–764 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3942–3943 |
| Holocene calendar | 10841 |
| Iranian calendar | 219–220 |
| Islamic calendar | 226–227 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa 8 (承和８年) |
| Julian calendar | 841 DCCCXLI |
| Korean calendar | 3174 |
| Minguo calendar | 1071 before ROC 民前1071年 |
| Seleucid era | 1152/1153 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1383–1384 |
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Year 841 (DCCCXLI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- June 25 – Battle of Fontenay: Louis the German and Charles the Bald defeat Lothar.
- Battle of Magh-Ochtar (Kildare, Ireland): Feidlimid mac Cremthanin is defeated by the Southern Uí Neill.
- The Norse town of Dyflinn or Dublin is founded in Ireland.
Asia
- In the Chinese capital of Chang'an, the West Market and East Market are closed every night 1 hour and three quarters before dusk (by government-ordered curfew), yet night markets thrive in residential areas. The local government attempt to shut the night markets down in this year, but with the decline of the government's authority by the mid 9th century, this edict (like many others) is largely ignored as urban dwellers keep attending the night markets regardless.
- Byzantine general Constantine Kontomytes defeats the Cretan Saracens near Mount Latros.
- Pro-Umayyad rebellion of al-Mubarqa in Palestine against the Abbasid Caliphate
Births
- Du Rangneng, Tang Dynasty chancellor
- Heiric of Auxerre, French Benedictine theologian and writer
- Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia
- Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne
Deaths
- Zongmi, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk of the Tang Dynasty (b. 780)
- Li Ao, philosopher and prose writer (b. 772)