__NOTOC__ Year 804 ( DCCCIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Abbasid Caliphate

* Battle of Krasos: Emperor

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refuses to pay the tribute imposed by Caliph Harun al-Rashid of the Abbasid Caliphate. A

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expeditionary force invades Asia Minor. During a surprise attack, Nikephoros suffers a major defeat against the

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at Krasos in

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. According to Arabian sources, the Byzantines lose 40,700 men and 4,000 pack animals, while Nikephoros himself is almost killed, but saved by the bravery of his officers. * Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid

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Abbasa, the daughter of Abbasid prince and official

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Europe

* Summer – Emperor Charlemagne finishes the conquest of Saxony. The

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administration in the north is restored and the diocese of Bremen is re-established.

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, torn by infighting, switches allegiance from Constantinople to King

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, son of Charlemagne. * Obelerio degli Antenori becomes the ninth doge of Venice, after his predecessor Giovanni Galbaio flees to Mantua, where he is killed. * The Gymnasium Carolinum in Osnabrück is founded by Charlemagne (the oldest school in Germany).The building of the Gymnasium Carolinum, Osnabrück
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Asia

* Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk, travels in a government-sponsored expedition to

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, in order to learn more about the Mahavairocana Sutra. He brings back texts of Shingon ( Esoteric Buddhism). * Priest Saichō, patriarch of Tendai Buddhism, visits China and reportedly brings back tea seeds (or 805). * The Inscription of

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from Eastern Java marks the beginning of the

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By topic

Religion

Ludger Ludger ( la, Ludgerus; also Lüdiger or Liudger) (born at Zuilen near Utrecht 742; died 26 March 809 at Billerbeck) was a missionary among the Frisians and Saxons, founder of Werden Abbey and the first Bishop of Münster in Westphalia. He has ...

, Frisian missionary, becomes the first bishop of Münster, and builds a monastery there.

Births

* Bayazid Bastami, Persian

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(d. 874) * Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Japanese regent (d. 872)

Deaths

* May 19 – Alcuin, bishop and advisor to Charlemagne * October 1 – Richbod, archbishop of Trier * Saint Abundantia, Christian saint * Giovanni Galbaio, doge of

(approximate date) *

Ibrahim al-Mawsili Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī (; 742–804) was an Arab musician of Persian origin who was among the greatest composers of the early Abbasid period. After Arab and Persian musical training in Ray, Iran, Ray, he was called to the Abbasid ...

, musician and singer (b. 742) * Lu Yu, Chinese author of '' The Classic of Tea'' (b. 733) * Ragnar Lothbrok Legendary Norse Viking hero and Scandinavian King.

References

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