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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

* June 14 – Euphemius, exiled Byzantine admiral, asks for the help of North African Arabs, to retake Sicily and Malta from the Byzantines. Emir Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya promises to return the islands to Euphemius, in exchange for a yearly tribute, and sends an Arab Muslim expeditionary force of 10,000 men under the 70-year-old Asad ibn al-Furat, which lands at Mazara del Vallo in Sicily. * Fall – Siege of Syracuse: Muslim forces under Asad ibn al-Furat, in support of the rebel Byzantine army, besiege

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Europe

* Summer – Omurtag, ruler (''

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'') of the

Bulgarian Empire In the medieval history of Europe, Bulgaria's status as the Bulgarian Empire ( bg, Българско царство, ''Balgarsko tsarstvo'' ) occurred in two distinct periods: between the seventh and the eleventh centuries and again between the ...

, launches an attack to the West, and penetrates into

Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...

. He expels the local chiefs, and installs Bulgar governors over the Slavic tribes to control them. Omurtag conquers the cities of Beograd, Braničevo, Sirmium, and most of eastern Slavonia. * Giustiniano Participazio deposes his younger brother Giovanni I, and is appointed doge of

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

. Giovanni, who is part of a pro- Frankish faction, is exiled to Zara (modern Croatia).

Britain

* Æthelstan establishes himself as king of

East Anglia East Anglia is an area in the East of England, often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, a people whose name originated in Anglia, in ...

, after killing King Ludeca of Mercia in battle. Ludeca is succeeded by

Wiglaf Wiglaf (Proto-Norse: *'' Wīga laibaz'', meaning "battle remainder"; ang, Wīġlāf ) is a character in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem ''Beowulf''. He is the son of Weohstan, a Swede of the Wægmunding clan who had entered the service of Beowulf, ki ...

, father-in-law (and probably distant cousin) of the late king Ceolwulf I's daughter.

China

* Emperor Jing Zong is assassinated by a group of conspirators. He is succeeded by his brother Wen Zong, as ruler of the Tang Dynasty.

By topic

Religion

* August 27 –

Pope Eugene II Pope Eugene II ( la, Eugenius II; died 27 August 827) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 6 June 824 to his death. A native of Rome, he was chosen by nobles to succeed Paschal I as pope despite the clergy and the people fav ...

dies after a 3-year reign, and is succeeded by

Valentine A valentine is a card or gift given on Valentine's Day, or one's sweetheart. Valentine or Valentines may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Valentine (name), a given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional char ...

as the 100th pope of the Catholic Church. * October 10 – Pope Valentine dies just after a two-month reign, and is succeeded by Gregory IV as the 101st pope of Rome.

Science

Chalid Ben Abdulmelik Khālid ibn ʿAbd al‐Malik al‐Marwarrūdhī ( ar, خالد بن عبدالملك المرو الروذي) was a 9th-century Baghdadi astronomer. In 827, Marwarrūdhī, together with the astronomer ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā al-Asṭurlābī and a p ...

and Ali Ben Isa travel to the Plain of Sinjar (modern Iraq), under orders of Caliph

Al-Ma'mun Abu al-Abbas Abdallah ibn Harun al-Rashid ( ar, أبو العباس عبد الله بن هارون الرشيد, Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hārūn ar-Rashīd; 14 September 786 – 9 August 833), better known by his regnal name Al-Ma'mu ...

, to measure the size of the Earth.

Agriculture

* The Saracens, who found

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originally in Persia (modern Iran), introduce the plant to Sicily.

Births

* Cyril, Byzantine missionary and bishop (d.

869 __NOTOC__ Year 869 ( DCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Summer – Emperor Basil I allies with the Frankish emperor L ...

) *

Ibn al-Rawandi Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Ishaq al-Rawandi ( ar, أبو الحسن أحمد بن يحيى بن إسحاق الراوندي), commonly known as Ibn al-Rawandi ( ar, ابن الراوندي;‎ 827–911 CEAl-Zandaqa Wal Zanadiqa, by Moham ...

, Muslim scholar and writer (d.

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) *

Maura of Troyes Maura of Troyes was a French virgin and Christian saint. Born into nobility in Troyes, she devoted herself to prayer, remaining chaste, and is credited with at least two miracles. Biography Maura was born to a noble family in Troyes, Francia, ...

, Frankish noblewoman and saint (d. 850)

Deaths

* January 1 – Adalard of Corbie, Frankish abbot * August 27 – Eugene II, pope of the Catholic Church * October 10 –

, pope of the Catholic Church * Agnello Participazio, doge of

Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...

, archbishop of Turin *

Grigol of Kakheti Grigol ( ka, გრიგოლი) (died 827) was a Prince and Chorepiscopus of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 786 to 827. He seized control of Kakheti, Kukheti, and Gardabani following the demise of the Kakhetian branch of the Chosroid dynasty ...

, Georgian prince *

Guillemundus Guillemundus (also ''Guillemó'') (died 827) was count of Razès and Conflent, in what is now southern France. He was son of Bera of Barcelona. He received these counties from delegation of his father (before 820) and retained them when Bera wa ...

, Frankish nobleman * Hildegrim, bishop of Châlons * Jing Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 809) * Li Yi, Chinese poet (or

829 __NOTOC__ Year 829 ( DCCCXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * October 2 – Emperor Michael II dies after an 8-year reign in C ...

) *

Ludeca Ludeca or Ludica was King of Mercia, from 826 to 827 AD. He became king after the death of Beornwulf of Mercia, Beornwulf in battle against the rebellious Kingdom of East Anglia, East Angles, but he too was killed in another failed attempt to sub ...

, king of Mercia * Wu Chongyin, Chinese general (b. 761) * Yaoshan Weiyan, Chinese Buddhist monk (b.

745 __NOTOC__ Year 745 ( DCCXLV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 745 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

)

References

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