Year in Japan

805 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).

Era name: Enryaku 延暦 (year 24 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Nōfuku-ji Temple 能福寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 805 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 805 corresponds to Enryaku 延暦 (year 24 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 805年 (805ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 9th century for its neighbours.