807
Year 807 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.Events
By place
- Emperor Nikephoros I is forced to sue for peace, on condition of paying 50,000 nomismata to Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and agrees to a yearly tribute. Nikephoros promises not to rebuild the dismantled forts. Rashid recalls his forces from various sieges, and evacuates Byzantine territory.
- An Abbasid fleet under Humayd ibn Ma'yuf al-Hajuri raids the Peloponnese, Rhodes and Myra.
- Al-Andalus : An uprising occurs in the city of Mérida against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.
- Siege of Patras: This marks the end of independent rule by the South Slavs in the Peloponnese.
Britain
- The Vikings land on the Cornish coast, and form an alliance with the Cornish to fight against Wessex.
- King Cuthred of Kent dies. His brother, King Coenwulf of Mercia, takes control over Kent himself.
Asia
- Dappula II becomes king of Sri Lanka, and makes Anuradhapura the capital city.
- Li Jifu is appointed chancellor, during the reign of Emperor Xian Zong in China.
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