800

Year 800 (DCCC) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By Place

Europe

• September 15 - Oldest known mention of Castile.
• December 25 - Charles the Great is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, marking the start of the Holy Roman Empire.
• Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona.
• The town of Shrewsbury, England is founded.

Africa

• Bantu-speaking people settle in present-day Zambia (approximate date).
• In Tunisia, Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab is appointed as hereditary Emir by Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
• The west African Kingdom of Takrur is founded (approximate date), flourishing roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.

Americas

• The Arawak people settle on the island of Barbados from South America (approximate date).
• The Mississippian Period begins in the central North American Continent.
• The Mayan civilization begins its decline

Oceania

• The Māori start migrating to New Zealand (approximate date).

Births

• supposed date of birth of Nominoe, first king of all Brittany.