Editing 801

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Year '''801''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 801st year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 801st year of the [[1st millennium]], the 1st year of the [[9th century]], and the 2nd year of the [[800s (decade)|800s]] decade.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[April 3]] &ndash; King [[Louis the Pious]], son of Charlemagne, [[Siege of Barcelona (801)|captures Barcelona]] after a [[siege]] of several months. [[Bera, Count of Barcelona|Bera]] is appointed first [[count of Barcelona]].
* [[April 29]] – [[801 Apennine earthquake|Earthquake in Rome and Spoleto]].{{sfn|Guidoboni|Ferrari|Mariotti|Comastri|2018}}
* Emperor [[Charlemagne]] formally cedes [[Nordalbingia|Nordalbian]] territory (modern-day [[Schleswig-Holstein]]) to the pagan [[Obotrites]] (allies of the [[Carolingian Empire]]).{{sfn|Nicolle|2014|p=21}}

==== Britain ====
* King [[Eardwulf of Northumbria]] leads an army into [[Mercia]] against his rival, [[Coenwulf of Mercia|Coenwulf]], in order to flush out other claimants to the Northumbrian [[throne]].
* A [[Synod of Chelsea|synod]] appears to have been held at Chelsea, as an extant charter (Sawyer 158) records a confirmation of a land grant by [[Coenwulf]], the king of Mercia that was part of the council's proceedings.<ref name=Cubitt279>{{cite book |author=Cubitt, Catherine |title=Anglo-Saxon Church Councils c.650–c.850 |publisher=Leicester University Press |location=London |year=1995|page=279 |isbn=0-7185-1436-X}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Rabanus Maurus]], Frankish [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monk, takes his [[vow]]s in the [[Fulda monastery|monastery of Fulda]] and receives [[ordination]] as a [[deacon]].
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== Births ==
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Ansgar]], Frankish monk and [[archbishop]] (d. [[865]])
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Drogo of Metz]], illegitimate son of [[Charlemagne]]
* [[Al-Kindi]], Muslim philosopher and [[polymath]] (approximate date)
* [[Waldrada of Worms]], Frankish Duchess, married to [[Conrad II, Duke of Transjurane Burgundy|Conrad II]]
* [[Wang Chengyuan]], general of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[834]])

== Deaths ==
*[[Heathoberht]], Bishop of London
* [[Rabia Basri]], Muslim [[Sufism|Sufi]] mystic and saint (b. [[717]])

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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*{{cite web |first1=E. |last1=Guidoboni |first2=G. |last2=Ferrari |first3=D. |last3=Mariotti |first4=A. |last4=Comastri |first5=G. |last5=Tarabusi |first6=G. |last6=Sgattoni |first7=G. |last7=Valensise |title=801 04 29, 20:00 Roma (Italy) |website=Catalogo dei Forti Terremoti in Italia (461 a.C.–1997) e nell'area Mediterranea (760 a.C.–1500) |publisher=Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia |year=2018 |url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/}}
* {{cite book |last=Nicolle |first=David |author-link=David Nicolle |date=2014 |title=The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785 |isbn=978-1-78200-825-5}}
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