What is 9th century?
{{centurybox |9}} The '''9th century''' was the [[century]] from [[801]] to [[900]]. == Events == [[Image:East-Hem 800ad.jpg|thumb|300px|Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 9th century.]] [[Image:East-Hem 900ad.jpg|thumb|300px|Eastern Hemisphere at the end of the 9th century.]] *An unknown event causes the decline of the [[Maya Classical Era]]. *[[Beowulf]] might have been written down in this century. It could also have been in the 8th century. * Reign of [[Charlemagne]], and the [[Carolingian Renaissance]] in Western Europe. * Large-scale [[Viking]] attacks on Europe begin. * [[Oseberg]] [[ship burial]]. * The [[Magyars]] begin their conquest of [[Pannonia]]. * The [[Tukolor]] settle in the [[Senegal (river)|Senegal]] river valley. * [[Muslim]] traders settle in the northwest and southeast of [[Madagascar]]. * [[800]]: [[Charlemagne]] is crowned emperor of Rome by [[Pope Leo III]]. * [[800]]: Arab fleet sails up the [[Tiber]]. * [[800]] – [[909]]: Rule of [[Aghlabids]] as an independent Muslim dynasty in North Africa, with their capital at [[Tunis]]. * [[802]]: [[Jayavarman II]] of the [[Khmer people]] in [[Cambodia]] founds the [[Khmer empire]] and make the Angkorian dynasty. * [[803]]: Construction on the [[Leshan Giant Buddha]] in [[Tang Dynasty]] [[China]] is complete, after 90 years of rock-carving on a massive cliff-side. * [[805]] - [[820]]: [[Tang Dynasty]] was under the rule of [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang]]. * [[809]] – [[815]]: War between the [[Byzantine empire]] and [[Bulgaria]]. * [[811]]: [[Battle of Pliska]] fought between a Byzantine force led by emperor [[Nicephorus I]] and a [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian]] army commanded by Khan [[Krum]]. Byzantines are defeated in a series of engagements, ending with the death of [[Nicephorus I]]. * [[813]]: In [[Battle of Versinikia]] the Byzantines are heavily defeated by the Bulgarians. * [[813]]: China was reunited. * c. [[813]] – c. [[915]]: Period of serious Arab naval raids on shores of Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas. * [[814]]: [[Charlemag