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Charlemagne

748 – 814

Monarch, Sovereign

Charlemagne ( SHAR-lə-mayn; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as th…

Abu Nuwas

756 – 814

Poet, Writer

Abu Nuwas (أبو نواس, Abū Nuwās) (756-8 – c. 814) was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern (muhdath) poetry that developed duri…

Al-Amin

787 – 813

Caliph

Abū Mūsā Muḥammad ibn Harun al-Amīn (Arabic: أبو موسى محمد بن هارون الأمين; April 787 – 24/25 September 813), better known by just his laqab of al-Amīn (Arabic:…

Staurakios

775 – 812

Politician

Staurakios or Stauracius (Greek: Σταυράκιος, romanized: Staurákios; early 790s – 11 January 812) was the shortest-reigning Byzantine emperor, ruling for 68 days…

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Charles the Younger

772 – 811

Monarch

Charles the Younger (c. 772 – 4 December 811) (French: Charles le Jeune) was the son of the Frankish ruler Charlemagne and his wife Queen Hildegard. Charlemagne…

Nikephoros I

750 – 811

Ruler

Nikephoros I (Greek: Νικηφόρος, romanized: Nikēphóros; 750 – 26 July 811), also known as Nicephorus I, was Byzantine emperor from 802 to 811. He was General Log…

Pepin the Hunchback

770 – 811

Historical figure

Below is a revised and improved memorial biography of Pepin the Hunchback, grounded only in well-supported historical facts: Pepin (the Hunchback) (born circa…

Pepin of Italy

777 – 810

Monarch

Pepin or Pippin (born Carloman), (777 – 8 July 810) was King of Italy from 781 until his death in 810. He was the third son of Charlemagne (and his second with…

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George Syncellus

740 – 810

Historian, Philosopher, Writer, Cleric

George Syncellus (Greek: Γεώργιος Σύγκελλος, Georgios Synkellos; died after 810) was a Byzantine chronicler and ecclesiastical official. He lived many years in…

Harun al-Rashid

766 – 809

Politician, Poet, Caliph

Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rashīd, or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (c. 763 or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as The Hārūn al-Rashīd, was the fifth of th…

Widukind

755 – 807

Military leader

Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 7…

Emperor Kanmu

737 – 806

Ruler

Emperor Kanmu (桓武天皇, Kammu-tennō; 735 – April 9, 806), or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kammu reigned…

Alcuin

724 – 804

Theologian, Poet, Writer, Philosopher, Catholic deacon, Scholar

Alcuin of York (; Latin: Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; c. 735 – 19 May 804), also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was an Anglo-Saxon scholar, clergyman, poet,…

Irene of Athens

752 – 803

Politician

Irene of Athens (Greek: Εἰρήνη, Eirḗnē; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (Greek: Σαρανταπήχαινα, Sarantapḗchaina), was Byzantine empress consort…

Beorhtric of Wessex

8th century – 802

Monarch

Beorhtric (meaning "magnificent ruler"; also spelled Brihtric) (died 802) was the King of Wessex from 786 to 802, succeeding Cynewulf. Source: Wikipedia — http…

Rabia Basri

710s – 801

Poet, Philosopher, Mystic, Writer

Rābiʼa al-ʼAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية; c. 716 – 801 CE) or Rabia Basri was a poet, one of the earliest Sufi mystics and an influential…

Ragnar Lodbrok

— – 9th century

Peasant

Ragnar Lodbrok or Ragnar Lothbrok (Old Norse: Ragnar loðbrók, lit. 'Ragnar hairy-breeches'), according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish ki…

Musa al-Kazim

745 – 799

Theologian, Imam, Scientist

Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kazim (Arabic: مُوسَىٰ ٱبْن جَعْفَر ٱلْكَاظِم, romanized: Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar al-Kāẓim; 745–799) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad…

Paul the Deacon

720 – 799

Historian, Poet, Christian monk, Writer, Monk, Cleric

Paul the Deacon (c. 720s – 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefridus, Barnefridus, or Winfridus, and sometimes suffixed…

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Abu Yusuf

731 – 798

Qadi, Mujtahid, Philosopher, Scholar

Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī (Arabic: يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ, lit. 'Jacob, son of Abraham, the Ansari': ; 729–798), commonly known as Abū Y…