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Years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.

==Arabic world==

===Works===
* [[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights]] is compiled in [[Baghdad]]

===Poets===

====Births of Arabic world poets====
* [[742 in poetry|742]] &ndash; [[Ibrahim Al-Mausili]] (died [[804 in poetry|804]])
* c. [[805 in poetry|805]] &ndash; [[Abu Tammam]] (died [[845 in poetry|845]])
* [[820 in poetry|820]] &ndash; [[al-Buhturi]] (died [[897 in poetry|897]])
* [[861 in poetry|861]] &ndash; [[Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz]] (died [[908 in poetry|908]])
* [[897 in poetry|897]] &ndash; [[Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani]] (died [[967 in poetry|967]])

====Deaths of Arabic world poets====
* [[809 in poetry|809]] &ndash; [[Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf]] (born [[750 in poetry|750]]) (عباس بن الأحنف)
* [[813 in poetry|813]] &ndash; [[Abu Nuwas]] (born [[750 in poetry|750]])
* [[828 in poetry|828]]: 
** [[Abu-l-'Atahiya]]
** [[Abu-l-'Atahiya]] (born [[748 in poetry|748]])
* [[837 in poetry|837]] &ndash; [[Ibn Duraid]]
* [[845 in poetry|845]] &ndash; [[Abu Tammam]] (born c. [[805 in poetry|805]])
* [[896 in poetry|896]] &ndash; [[Ibn al-Rumi]]
* [[897 in poetry|897]] &ndash; [[al-Buhturi]] (born [[820 in poetry|820]])

==Turkic world==
* Possible early date for the oral development of the [[Book of Dede Korkut]]

==Persia==

===Persian poets===
* [[Rudaki]] (رودکی)
* [[Mansur Al-Hallaj]] (منصور حلاج)
* [[Shahid Balkhi]]
* [[Firuz Mashreqi]]
* [[Hanzala Badghisi]]
* [[Basam Kurd]]
* [[Wasif Sagzi]]

==Germanic and Celtic Europe==

===Poets===
* Likely period when [[Cynewulf]] flourishes in [[Mercia]] or [[Northumbria]]
* [[Bragi Boddason]] flourishes in the [[Sweden|Swedish]] court in the first half of the century, author of  ''Bragi inn gamli Boddason'' (Norwegian)
* [[Þjóðólfur úr Hvini]] (Norwegian)
* [[Þorbjörn hornklofi]] (Norwegian)
* Reign of King [[Alfred the Great]], a noted poet in [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]], in [[Wessex]] from 871 to 899

===Works===
* 9th century:
** Expansion of [[Gregorian chant]], particularly in the [[Franks|Frankish]] lands of Europe
** [[Cynewulf]], ''[[The Fates of the Apostles]]'', ''[[Juliana (poem)|Juliana]]'', ''[[Elene (poem)|Elene]]'', and ''[[Christ II (poem)|Christ II]]'' in [[Old English]]
** [[Llywarch Hen]] in [[Welsh language|Welsh]]
** [[Sequence of Saint Eulalia]], earliest surviving poem in [[Old French]]
** ''[[The Phoenix (Old English poem)|The Phoenix]]'' in Old English
** Approximate period of [[Waldere]] in Old English
* c. 800
** [[Pangur Bán]] in [[Old Irish]]
* 830s:
** [[Lay of Hildebrand]] in [[Old High German]]
* 880s or 890s:
** [[Ludwigslied]] and [[Georgslied]] in Old High German
* 890s:
** [[Abbo Cernuus]], ''De bellis Parisiacae urbis'' (The Wars of the City of Paris), in [[Latin]]

==Byzantine Empire and Slavic Europe==

===Events===
* c. 855: [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]] develop the [[Glagolitic alphabet]];[[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] is developed about the same time in [[Bulgaria]].  These alphabets permit translation of the [[Bible]] into [[Old Church Slavonic]] and other [[Slavic languages]].  First development of Slavic literary languages.
* [[Preslav Literary School]] (est. c. 885) and [[Ohrid Literary School]] (est. 886) flourish in [[Bulgaria]].

===Poets===
* [[Constantine of Preslav]] in [[Bulgaria]] authors ''Азбучна молитва (Alphabet Prayer)'', the earliest surviving poetry in [[Old Church Slavonic]].

==East Asia==
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* The [[Hanshan (poet)|Han-shan]] poet and [[Fenggan|Feng-Kan]], both part of the Tientai Trio, flourish in China.

===China===
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* [[Pi Rixiu]] ([[834 in poetry|834]]&ndash;[[883 in poetry|883]]), [[Tang dynasty]] poet and magistrate

===Japan===
* [[Ariwara no Narihira]] 在原業平 ([[825 in poetry|825]]&ndash;[[880 in poetry|880]]), ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' [[poet]] and nobleman; called one of the [[Six best Waka poets]] and one of the [[Thirty-six Poetry Immortals]]
*[[Fujiwara no Kanesuke]] 藤原兼輔, also 中納言兼輔 ([[877 in poetry|877]]&ndash;[[933 in poetry|933]]), middle [[Heian period|Heian]] [[Waka (poetry)|waka]] poet and nobleman; one of the [[Thirty-six Poetry Immortals]]; has a poem is in the anthology [[Hyakunin Isshu]], others in several imperial poetry anthologies, including [[Kokin Wakashū]] and [[Gosen Wakashū]]
*[[Fujiwara no Sadakata]] 藤原定方, also known as "Sanjo Udaijin" 三条右大臣 ([[873 in poetry|873]]&ndash;[[932 in poetry|932]]), father of poet [[Fujiwara no Asatada|Asatada]], cousin and father-in-law of [[Fujiwara no Kanesuke|Kanesuke]]; has a poem in ''[[Hyakunin Isshu]]'' anthology
*[[Ki no Tomonori]] 紀友則 (c. [[850 in poetry|850]] &ndash; c. [[904 in poetry|904]]), early [[Heian period]] ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet of the court, one of the [[Thirty-six Poetry Immortals]]; one of the four compilers of the ''[[Kokin Wakashū]]'' anthology
*[[Ki no Tsurayuki]] 紀貫之 ([[872 in poetry|872]]&ndash;[[945 in poetry|945]])  [[Heian period]] [[Waka (poetry)|waka]] poet, government official and courtier; son of [[Ki no Mochiyuki]]; one of four compilers of the ''[[Kokin Wakashū]]'' anthology; provincial governor of [[Tosa province]] (930&ndash;935) and later possibly governor of [[Suo province]]
*[[Kisen]] 喜撰 also known as "Kisen Hōshi" 喜撰法師 ([[Floruit|fl.]] early 9th century), early [[Heian period]] Buddhist monk and poet
*[[Kūkai]] 空海, also known posthumously as "Kōbō-Daishi" 弘法大師 ([[774 in poetry|774]]&ndash;[[835 in poetry|835]]), [[bhikshu|monk]], scholar, poet, and artist who founded the [[Shingon]] or "True Word" school of Buddhism, followers of that school usually refer to him by the honorific title "Odaishisama" お大師様
*[[Lady Ise]] 伊勢 or Ise no miyasudokoro 伊勢の御息所 (c. [[875 in poetry|875]] &ndash; c. [[938 in poetry|938]]), [[waka (poetry)|waka]] poet and noblewoman in the Imperial court; granddaughter of waka poet [[Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu]]; born the [[Fujiwara no Tsugikage]] of [[Ise Province|Ise]]; lover of the Prince Atsuyoshi; a concubine to [[Emperor Uda]]; her son by him was Prince Yuki-Akari; has many poems in the ''[[Kokin Wakashū]]'' anthology
*[[Minamoto no Kintada]] 源公忠, also 源公忠朝臣 ([[889 in poetry|889]]&ndash;[[948 in poetry|948]]), middle [[Heian period]] ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet and nobleman; one of the [[Thirty-six Poetry Immortals]], along with his son [[Minamoto no Saneakira]]; an official in the imperial treasury; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies, starting with the [[Goshūi Wakashū]]
*[[Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto]] 大中臣頼基 (c. [[886 in poetry|886]]&ndash;[[958 in poetry|958]]), middle [[Heian period]] ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka poet]]'' and nobleman; one of the [[Thirty-six Poetry Immortals]]
*[[Ono no Komachi]] 小野 小町 or おののこまち (c. [[825 in poetry|825]] &ndash; c. [[900 in poetry|900]]), early [[Heian period]] [[waka (poetry)|waka]] poet, one of the ''Rokkasen'' &mdash; the [[Six best Waka poets]]; one of the [[Thirty-six Poetry Immortals]]; noted as a rare beauty and became a symbol of a beautiful woman in Japan
*[[Ōshikōchi Mitsune]] 凡河内躬恒 ([[898 in poetry|898]]&ndash;[[922 in poetry|922]]), early [[Heian period]] administrator and ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet of the court; one of the [[Thirty-six Poetry Immortals]]
* [[Sakanoue no Korenori]] 坂上是則 ([[Floruit|fl.]] 9th century), early [[Heian period|Heian]] ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet; one of the [[Thirty-six Poetry Immortals]]; has a poem in the ''[[Hyakunin Isshu]]'' anthology
* [[Sarumaru no Taifu]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 9th century) 猿丸大夫, also known as "Sarumaru no Dayū", early [[Heian period]] [[waka (poetry)|waka]] poet; one of the [[Thirty Six Poetic Sages]]; no detailed histories or legends about him exist, and he may never have existed; some  believe he was Prince [[Yamashiro no Ōe]]
* [[Semimaru]] 蝉丸, also known as "Semimaro" ([[Floruit|fl.]] 9th century), early [[Heian period]] poet and musician; some accounts say he was a son of [[Uda Tennō]], [[Prince Atsumi]], or that he was the fourth son of [[Daigo Tennō]]; some claim he lived during the reign of [[Ninmyō Tennō]]
* The [[Six best Waka poets]] in Japan
* [[Sugawara no Michizane]] 菅原道真, also known as "Kan Shōjō" 菅丞相, ([[845 in poetry|845]]&ndash;[[903 in poetry|903]]), [[Heian Period]] scholar, poet and politician; grandson of [[Sugawara no Kiyotomo]]; also wrote [[Chinese poetry]]
* ''[[The Tales of Ise]]''

==South Asia==

===Works===
* Approximate date of the text of the ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]''
* [[Asaga]]'s ''Vardhaman Charitra'' (Life of [[Vardhaman]]), written in 853 CE, the first [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] biography of [[Jain]] [[Tirthankara]], [[Mahavir]].

===Poets===
* [[Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)|Rajasekhara]], in [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]
* [[Asaga]], in [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] and [[Kannada language|Kannada]]

==Decades and years==
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