818
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 818 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 818 DCCCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1571 |
| Armenian calendar | 267 ԹՎ ՄԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5568 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 739–740 |
| Bengali calendar | 225 |
| Berber calendar | 1768 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1362 |
| Burmese calendar | 180 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6326–6327 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3515 or 3308 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3516 or 3309 |
| Coptic calendar | 534–535 |
| Discordian calendar | 1984 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 810–811 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4578–4579 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 874–875 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 739–740 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3918–3919 |
| Holocene calendar | 10818 |
| Iranian calendar | 196–197 |
| Islamic calendar | 202–203 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōnin 9 (弘仁９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 714–715 |
| Julian calendar | 818 DCCCXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3151 |
| Minguo calendar | 1094 before ROC 民前1094年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −650 |
| Seleucid era | 1129/1130 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1360–1361 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 944 or 563 or −209 — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 945 or 564 or −208 |
Year 818 (DCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- Vikings known as Rus' (Norsemen) plunder the north coast of Anatolia (modern Turkey), marking the first recorded raid of Rus' people on territory in the Byzantine Empire.[1]
Europe
[edit]- April 17 – King Bernard of Italy, illegitimate son of Pepin of Italy, is tried and condemned to death by Emperor Louis I. The Kingdom of Italy is reabsorbed into the Frankish Empire.
- The Slavs known as Timočani on the Timok River break their alliance with the Bulgars. Duke Ljudevit of the Slavs in Lower Pannonia sends emissaries to Louis I, to assert his independence from the Franks.[2]
- Al-Andalus: A grave rebellion breaks out in the suburbs of Cordoba, against the Emirate of Córdoba. Andalucian Arab refugees arrive in Fez (modern Morocco).[3]
Britain
[edit]- The Anglo-Saxons, led by King Coenwulf of Mercia, raid Dyfed in Wales (approximate date).
Asia
[edit]- Beginning of the Lemro period: The Sambawa and Pyinsa Kingdoms are founded in present-day Myanmar.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Theodulf, bishop of Orléans, is deposed and imprisoned, after becoming involved in a conspiracy with Bernard of Italy.
Births
[edit]- Abu Dawud, Muslim hadith compiler (or 817)
- Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, Muslim governor (or 817)
- Ariwara no Yukihira, Japanese governor (d. 893)
- Pepin, count of Vermandois (approximate date)
- Sahl al-Tustari, Persian scholar (approximate date)
Deaths
[edit]- April 17 – Bernard of Italy, king of the Lombards (b. 797)
- October 3 – Ermengarde, queen of the Franks[4]
- Al-Fadl ibn Sahl, Persian vizier
- Ali al-Ridha, 8th Shia Imam (b. 766)
- Cernach mac Congalaig, king of Brega (Ireland)
- Clement, Irish scholar and saint
- Felix, bishop of Urgell (Spain)
- García I Jiménez, duke of Gascony
- Hildebold, archbishop of Cologne
- Michael the Confessor, bishop of Synnada
- Morman, chieftain and king of Brittany
- Muiredach mac Brain, king of Leinster (Ireland)
- Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 817)
- Quan Deyu, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 759)
- Yuan Zi, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 739)
References
[edit]- ^ Dr. Kathryn Tsai. A Timeline of Eastern Church History. Divine Ascent Press, Point Reyes Station, CA, 2004, p. 153.
- ^ Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
- ^ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 40. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
- ^ Whitney, James Pounder; Gwatkin, Henry Melvill (1922). The Cambridge Medieval History: Maps III. Germany and the Western Empire. 3. Plantagenet Publishing. p. 23.