8th century facts for kids

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century · 8th century · 9th century
Decades:	700s 710s 720s 730s 740s 750s 760s 770s 780s 790s
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 8th century is the century from 701 to 800.

Decades and years

Note: years before or after the 8th century are in italics.

690s	690	691	692	693	694	695	696	697	698	699
700s	700	701	702	703	704	705	706	707	708	709
710s	710	711	712	713	714	715	716	717	718	719
720s	720	721	722	723	724	725	726	727	728	729
730s	730	731	732	733	734	735	736	737	738	739
740s	740	741	742	743	744	745	746	747	748	749
750s	750	751	752	753	754	755	756	757	758	759
760s	760	761	762	763	764	765	766	767	768	769
770s	770	771	772	773	774	775	776	777	778	779
780s	780	781	782	783	784	785	786	787	788	789
790s	790	791	792	793	794	795	796	797	798	799
800s	800	801	802	803	804	805	806	807	808	809

Related pages

• Asuka period
• Nara period
• Heian period

Images for kids

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  Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 8th Century.

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  A prisoner from Palenque in Toniná

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  An 8th-century Tang dynasty Chinese clay figurine of a Sogdian man (an Eastern Iranian person) wearing a distinctive cap and face veil, possibly a camel rider or even a Zoroastrian priest engaging in a ritual at a fire temple, since face veils were used to avoid contaminating the holy fire with breath or saliva; Museum of Oriental Art (Turin), Italy.

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  Borobudur in Indonesia

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  8th century silk fragment, central Asia