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Emperor Kanmu
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Emperor Kanmu

Emperor of Japan

Born AD 737 · died 9 April AD 806, aged 68 or 69
Also known as Kanmu, Kanmu-tennō, Kammu-tennō

Who was alive at the same time as Emperor Kanmu?

  1. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  2. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  3. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  4. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  5. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  6. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  7. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  8. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  9. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  10. Emperor Kanmu, AD 737 – AD 806
  11. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  12. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  13. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  14. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  15. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  17. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  18. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  19. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  20. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  21. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  22. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  23. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  24. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872

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When Emperor Kanmu was born, Li Bai was 35 or 36, Du Fu was 24 or 25, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 15 or 16, Abu Hanifa was 37 or 38 and Charles Martel was 48 or 49.

When Emperor Kanmu died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 84 or 85, Harun al-Rashid was 40, Pope Leo III was 55 or 56, Louis the Pious was 27 and Al-Shafi'i was 38.

Born during Emperor Kanmu’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Pope Leo III, Louis the Pious and Al-Kindi.

Not quite contemporaries: Bede died about 2 years before Emperor Kanmu was born, Pope Gregory II died about 6 years before Emperor Kanmu was born, Muhammad al-Bukhari was born about 4 years after Emperor Kanmu died and Pope John VIII was born about 12 years after Emperor Kanmu died.

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The 86 best-known contemporaries

86 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Emperor Kanmu. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 772.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  9. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  12. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  13. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  14. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  15. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  16. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  17. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  18. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  19. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  20. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  21. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  22. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  23. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  24. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  25. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  26. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  27. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  28. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  29. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  30. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  31. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  32. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  33. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  34. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  35. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  36. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  37. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  38. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  39. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  40. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  41. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  42. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  43. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  44. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  45. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  46. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  47. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  48. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  49. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  50. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  51. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  52. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  53. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  54. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  55. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  56. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  57. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  58. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  59. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  60. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  61. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  62. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  63. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  64. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  65. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  66. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  67. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  68. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  69. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  70. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  71. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  72. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  73. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  74. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  75. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  76. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  77. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  78. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  79. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  80. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  81. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  82. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  83. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  84. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  85. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  86. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842