This article covers 840s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Births 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:

840: Saint Clement of Ohrid (died 916), Bulgarian writer and founder of the Ohrid Literary School

845: Sugawara no Michizane (died 903), Japanese kanshi poet

849: Alfred the Great (died 899)

Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

842: Liu Yuxi (born 772), Chinese poet

843: Jia Dao (born 779), Chinese poet of discursive gushi and lyric jintishi

845: Abu Tammam (born 805), Arab poet and Muslim convert

846: Bai Juyi (also transliterated as Po Chü-I), (born 772), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty

849: August 18: Walafrid Strabo (born 808), Frankish monk, historian, poet and theological writer

See also

Poetry 9th century in poetry 9th century in literature List of years in poetry

Other events: Other events of the 12th century Other events of the 13th century

9th century: 9th century in poetry 9th century in literature

Notes