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In the year 812
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The Chinese government takes over the issuing of paper bank drafts, the ancestor of paper money. See also 800 Materials.
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This article is about the year 812.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 780s 790s 800s – 810s – 820s 830s 840s |
| Years: | 809 810 811 – 812 – 813 814 815 |
| 812 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 812 DCCCXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1565 |
| Armenian calendar | 261 ԹՎ ՄԿԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5562 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1032–-1031 |
| Bengali calendar | 219 |
| Berber calendar | 1762 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1356 |
| Burmese calendar | 174 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6320–6321 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年十二月十三日 (3448/3508-12-13) — to —
壬辰年十一月廿四日(3449/3509-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar | 528–529 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 804–805 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4572–4573 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 868–869 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 734–735 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3913–3914 |
| Holocene calendar | 10812 |
| Iranian calendar | 190–191 |
| Islamic calendar | 196–197 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3145 |
| Minguo calendar | 1100 before ROC 民前1100年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1355 |
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Year 812 (DCCCXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- The second Battle of Roncevaux Pass is fought between the Basques and the Franks.
- The Republic of Amalfi sends galleys to support the byzantine strategos of Sicily, Gregorio, against the Aghlabid invaders. It is one of the earliest evidence of the independence of the city.[1]
China
- The Chinese government takes over the issuing of paper bank drafts, the ancestor of paper money.
Births
Deaths
- January 11 – Stauracius, Byzantine emperor
- Du You, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 735)
References
- ^ Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 13. ISBN 88-8289-529-7.
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