821
| Years | 
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| Millennium | 
| 1st millennium | 
| Centuries | 
| Decades | 
| Years | 
| 821 by topic | 
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| Leaders | 
| Categories | 
| 
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| Gregorian calendar | 821 DCCCXXI | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1574 | 
| Armenian calendar | 270 ԹՎ ՄՀ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5571 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 742–743 | 
| Bengali calendar | 227–228 | 
| Berber calendar | 1771 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1365 | 
| Burmese calendar | 183 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6329–6330 | 
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3518 or 3311 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3519 or 3312 | 
| Coptic calendar | 537–538 | 
| Discordian calendar | 1987 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 813–814 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4581–4582 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 877–878 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 742–743 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 3921–3922 | 
| Holocene calendar | 10821 | 
| Iranian calendar | 199–200 | 
| Islamic calendar | 205–206 | 
| Japanese calendar | Kōnin 12 (弘仁12年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 717–718 | 
| Julian calendar | 821 DCCCXXI | 
| Korean calendar | 3154 | 
| Minguo calendar | 1091 before ROC 民前1091年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −647 | 
| Seleucid era | 1132/1133 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1363–1364 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 947 or 566 or −206 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 948 or 567 or −205 | 
Year 821 (DCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.