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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}}{{Year dab|808}}{{Year nav|808}}{{M1 year in topic}}Year 808 (DCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe - King Godfred of the Danes forms an alliance with the Wiltzi and other Wendic tribes, against the pagan but pro-Frankish Abodrites.[1] Godfred builds earthworks (Danevirke) across the isthmus of Schleswig-Holstein, separating Jutland from the northern extent of the Frankish Empire.
- Viking Age: First Viking raid, by Danes against the Baltic coast. Godfred destroys the Slav settlement of Reric (near present-day Wismar), used as a strategic trade route. The population is displaced or abducted, to Hedeby (Denmark).
- Emperor Charlemagne gives orders to construct two new forts on the Elbe River, garrisoning them against future Slav incursions.[2]
- In Gharb al-Andalus (modern Portugal), Hazim ibn Wahb leads a rebellion against the Emirate of Córdoba.[3]
Britain - Exiled king Eardwulf of Northumbria is able to return to his kingdom, with the support of Charlemagne and Pope Leo III. He ousts the usurper, King Ælfwald II.
- Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys (modern Wales), dies after a 35-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Cyngen ap Cadell.
By topic Finance - Jewish merchants in Lombardy open the first bank (or money repository) in Italy (approximate date).
Births - September 27 – Ninmyō, emperor of Japan (d. 850)
- Emma of Altdorf, Frankish queen (or 803)
- Gottschalk of Orbais, German monk and theologian (approximate date)
- Kang Chengxun, general of the Tang Dynasty (approximate date)
- Kim Yang, viceroy of Silla (Korea) (d. 857)
- Walafrid Strabo, Frankish theological writer (approximate date)
Deaths - Ælfwald II, king of Northumbria (approximate date)
- Al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki, Muslim governor (b. 766)
- Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys (Wales)
- Du Huangchang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Eanbald II, archbishop of York
- Elipando, Spanish archbishop and theologian (approximate date)
- Layman Pang, Chinese (Zen) Buddhist (b. 740)
References 1. ^{{cite book|last=Nicolle|first=David|title=The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785|year=2014|isbn=978-1-78200-825-5|page=21}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Nicolle|first=David|title=The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785|year=2014|isbn=978-1-78200-825-5|page=84}}
3. ^{{cite book|last1=Serrão |first1=Joel |last2=de Oliveira Marques|first2=A. H.|title=Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista|year=1993|publisher=Editorial Presença|location=Lisbon|page=124|chapter=O Portugal Islâmico |language=Portuguese}}
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