800s in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
... 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 ... 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 ... 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 ...
In literature 802 803 804 805 806 807 808
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:

800:

• King Amoghavarsha I, of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty, (died 878), king and Kannada poet

802:

• Ono no Takamura (died 853), Heian period scholar and poet

803:

• Du Mu (died 852), Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty

805:

• Abu Tammam (died 845), Arab poet and Muslim convert

806:

• Tung-Shan (died 869), Buddhist scholar and poet

808:

• Walafrid Strabo (died 849), Frankish monk, historian, poet and theological writer

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

802:

• Saint Paulinus II (born between 730 and 740), Patriarch of Aquileia and a member of Charlemagne's court

804:

• May 19 - Alcuin (born 735), scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria
• Lu Yu (born 733), the "Sage of Tea"
• Ibrahim Al-Mausili (born 742), Persian singer and poet

809:

• Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (born 750), Arab Abbasid poet

See also

• Poetry
• 9th century in poetry
• 9th century in literature
• List of years in poetry

Other events:

• Other events of the 12th century
• Other events of the 13th century

9th century:

• 9th century in poetry
• 9th century in literature

Notes