Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
800:
King Amoghavarsha I, of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty, (died 878), king and Kannada poet
802:
Ono no Takamura (died 853), Heian period scholar and poet
803:
Du Mu (died 852), Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty
805:
Abu Tammam (died 845), Arab poet and Muslim convert
806:
Tung-Shan (died 869), Buddhist scholar and poet
808:
Walafrid Strabo (died 849), Frankish monk, historian, poet and theological writer
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
802:
Saint Paulinus II (born between 730 and 740), Patriarch of Aquileia and a member of Charlemagne's court
804:
May 19 - Alcuin (born 735), scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria
Lu Yu (born 733), the "Sage of Tea"
Ibrahim Al-Mausili (born 742), Persian singer and poet
809:
Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (born 750), Arab Abbasid poet
