804

This article is about the year A.D. 804. For other uses of the term, see 804 (disambiguation).

Events

By Place

Asia

• Japanese monk Kukai visits China, from which he brings back texts of Shingon (Esoteric Buddhism).
• 804-805 - Priest Saicho, patriarch of Tendai Buddhism, visits China and reportedly brings back tea seeds.

Oceania

• March 25 — The Inscription of Sukabumi from Eastern Java marks the beginning of the Javanese language.

Europe

• Charlemagne finishes the conquest of Saxony.

By Topic

Religion

• March 30 — Saint Ludger becomes the first Bishop of Munster.

Births

• Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Japanese regent (d. 872)
• Louis the German, Carolingian King of East Francia (d. 876)

Deaths

• May 19 — Alcuin of York, bishop of Tours, advisor to Charlemagne
• Lu Yu, Chinese author of The Classic of Tea (born 733)