806

:''This article is about the year. For the car, see Peugeot 806.''
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Contents

Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Emperor Heizei succeeds Emperor Kammu as Emperor of Japan.

★ Hōzen-ji is founded in Wakakusa, Nakakoma District, Japan (now Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture).

Europe

★ Dalmatia for a short time is part of the Frankish rather than the Byzantine Empire.

★ The Saracens sack Nola.

★ Vikings kill all inhabitants on the religious island of Iona, Scotland, UK.

By Topic

Religion

★ April 12 — Nicephorus elected patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Tarasius.

★ Wulfred consecrated as archbishop of Canterbury.

Births

Deaths

★ February 18 — Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople

★ Emperor Kammu, emperor of Japan (b. 737)