Year in Japan

809 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Daidō 大同 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tomo no Yoshio 伴善男 · Samurai — Japanese samurai

Reading the year 809 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 809 corresponds to Daidō 大同 (year 4 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 809年 (809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.