In the year 820.
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The history of algebra can be traced all the way back to the Ancient Babylonians. The term algebra is first found in a book written by Mohammed ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi.
The first systematic book on algebra was written in Baghdad, Iraq. However, algebraic methods were also used in China, India, Egypt and Greece long before that.
"Algebra" isn't named after a man. "Al-jabr" was part of the title of a book written (in Arabic) by Al-Khowarizmi. According to http://www.und.edu/instruct/lgeller/algebra.html, jabr was a particular algebraic operation used in solving equations. So the word "algebra" is derived from the Arabic name of a particular mathematical process.
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