Saxon Wars 772–804

Frankish Empire ⚔ Saxons

Who lived through the Saxon Wars

Well-known people alive during 772–804:

• Charlemagne (742–814) — king of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor (747–814) (742-814)
• Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780–850) — 9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer
• Abu Nuwas (756–814) — 8th-century classical Arabic poet
• Harun al-Rashid (766–809) — 5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809)
• Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815) — 8th-century Islamic alchemist and author
• Ādi Shankara (788–820) — An Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasticism.
• Leo III (750–816) — Pope of the Catholic Church from 795 to 816 (born 750–816)
• Louis the Pious (778–840) — King of the Franks
• Adrian I (700–795) — Pope from 772 to 795
• Adrian II (792–872) — pope
• Leo IV (790–855) — pope of the Catholic Church
• Al-Shafi'i (767–820) — Arab Muslim theologian, writer and scholar (767–820)
• Paschal I (775–824) — pope
• Eugene II (780–827) — pope
• Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780–855) — Muslim jurist and theologian (780–855)
• Stephen IV (770–817) — pope
• Sergius II (790–847) — pope
• Valentine (780–827) — pope
• Malik ibn Anas (711–795) — Arab Islamic jurist, theologian and hadith traditionist (711–795)
• Rabia of Basri (710–801) — Iraqi sufi and poet
• Alcuin (740–804) — 8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
• Irene of Athens (752–803) — empress of Byzantine Empire (752-803)
• Abd ar-Rahman I (731–788) — Emir of Córdoba from 756 to 788
• al-Maʾmun (786–833) — Abbasid caliph (786–833, r. 813–833)
• Nikephoros I (750–811) — Byzantine emperor

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