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Irene of Athens
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Irene of Athens

Byzantine emperor

Born c. AD 752 · died 9 August AD 803
Also known as Eirene, Irene, Sarantapechaina

Who was alive at the same time as Irene of Athens?

  1. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  2. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  3. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  4. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  5. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  7. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  8. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  9. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  10. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  11. Irene of Athens, c. AD 752 – AD 803
  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. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  19. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  20. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  21. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  22. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  23. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  24. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844

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When Irene of Athens died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 81 or 82, Harun al-Rashid was 37, Pope Leo III was 52 or 53, Louis the Pious was 24 or 25 and Al-Shafi'i was 35.

Born during Irene of Athens’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Pope Gregory IV, Al-Shafi'i, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Pope Adrian II.

Not quite contemporaries: Bede died about 14 years before Irene of Athens was born, Charles Martel died about 8 years before Irene of Athens was born, Muhammad al-Bukhari was born about 7 years after Irene of Athens died and Pope John VIII was born about 15 years after Irene of Athens died.

What happened in Irene of Athens’s lifetime

Where Irene of Athens’s contemporaries were born

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The 73 best-known contemporaries

73 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Irene of Athens. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 779.

  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. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  14. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  16. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  17. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  18. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  19. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  20. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  22. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  23. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  24. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  25. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  26. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  27. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  28. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  29. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  30. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  31. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  32. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  33. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  34. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  35. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  36. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  37. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  38. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  39. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  40. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  41. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  42. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  43. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  44. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  45. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  46. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  47. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  48. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  49. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  50. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  51. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  52. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  53. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  54. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  55. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  56. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  57. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  58. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  59. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  60. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  61. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  62. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  63. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  64. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  65. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  66. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  67. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  68. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  69. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  70. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  71. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  72. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  73. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842