800s in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:800:
- King Amoghavarsha I, of the Rashtrakuta dynasty,, king and Kannada poet
- Ono no Takamura, Heian period scholar and poet
- Du Mu, Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty
- Abu Tammam, Arab poet and Muslim convert
- Tung-Shan, Buddhist scholar and poet
- Walafrid Strabo, Frankish monk, historian, poet and theological writer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:802:
- Saint Paulinus II, Patriarch of Aquileia and a member of Charlemagne's court
- May 19 - Alcuin, scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria
- Lu Yu, the "Sage of Tea"
- Ibrahim Al-Mausili, Persian singer and poet
- Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf, Arab Abbasid poet