809

809 (DCCCIX) was a common year beginning on a Monday of the Julian calendar, in effect on that date.

Events

• The Venice, Byzantine and Carolino trade grows and the Carolingian borders in Spain and Italy open after a long blockade.
• Aznar Galindo becomes the first count of Aragon born in Aragon.
• The Saga Emperor happens to his older brother, Emperor Heizei, in Japan.

Deaths

• Harun al-Rashid, immortalized caliph A thousand and a night next to his wife Zobeida.
• Aureolo, Aragon's first count.