810s
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 780s 790s 800s – 810s – 820s 830s 840s |
| Years: | 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
This is a list of events occurring in the 810s, ordered by year.
810
By place
Byzantine Empire
- October 1 – A man with a sword makes an attempt on emperor Nicephorus I's life. In the following trial, the assassin claims insanity as his defense.
Asia
- China demands the return of territory by Tibet.
Europe
- Bulgars, under king Krum, destroy the Avars.
- Al-Andalus: uprising of the city of Mérida against the Umayyad ruler.[1]
By topic
Religion
- The Temple of the Jaguar Priest is constructed in Tikal National Park, Guatemala.
- Book of Kells is completed by the Celts.
811
By place
Abbasid Caliphate
- January: Caliph al-Amin appoints Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan as governor of Khurasan, and sends him with an army against his brother al-Ma'mun, thereby beginning the Abbasid Civil War or Fourth Fitna.
Byzantine Empire
- July 26 – Battle of Pliska: Nikephoros I is defeated and killed by the Bulgar khan Krum, and is succeeded by Stauracius as Byzantine emperor.
- October 1 – Michael I Rangabe is declared Byzantine emperor; Stauracius retires to a monastery.
812
By place
Europe
- The second Battle of Roncevaux Pass is fought between the Basques and the Franks.
- The Republic of Amalfi sends galleys to support the byzantine strategos of Sicily, Gregorio, against the Aghlabid invaders. It is one of the earliest evidence of the independence of the city.[2]
China
- The Chinese government takes over the issuing of paper bank drafts, the ancestor of paper money.
813
By place
Byzantine Empire
- June 22 – Byzantine Emperor Michael I Rangabe is defeated in a war against the Bulgarians.
- July 11 – A revolt puts Leo V on the throne of the Byzantine Empire; former emperor Michael I Rangabe becomes a monk, beginning the Second Iconoclastic Period.
- Ashot I becomes the first Georgian Bagratid prince of Iberia under the Byzantine protection.
Europe
- Louis the Pious is crowned co-emperor of the Franks with his father Charlemagne.
- The Bulgars capture Adrianople.
- Forces from today's Denmark attack today's Vestfold due to insubordination.
Asia
- Fourth Fitna: The Siege of Baghdad ends with the fall of the city and the death of al-Amin, making al-Mamun the undisputed Abbasid caliph.
- The Baghdad School of Astronomy is opened by al-Mamun.
By topic
Religion
- Third Council of Tours: Priests are ordered to preach in the vernacular (either Vulgar Latin or German).
814
By place
Europe
- Charlemagne dies in Aachen, aged 67 or 72 (depending on source)
- Louis the Pious succeeds Charlemagne as king of the Franks and Emperor.
Byzantine Empire
- The Bulgarians lay siege before Constantinople.
By topic
Religion
- The iconoclasts regain power in the Byzantine Empire.
- Conflict erupts between Emperor Leo V and Patriarch Nicephorus on the subject of iconoclasm; Leo deposes Nicephorus, Nicephorus excommunicates Leo.
815
By place
Europe
- Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire sign the Treaty of 815 in Constantinople.
- Egbert of Wessex ravages the territories of the west Welsh (Cornwall).
Asia
- In South Central Chang'an, the capital city of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, assassins murder Chancellor Wu Yuanheng at a city ward gate on a day just before dawn.
816
By place
Europe
- Frankish king Louis the Pious is crowned emperor by Pope Stephen IV.
By topic
Religion
- June 22 – Pope Stephen IV (sometimes referred to as Stephen V) succeeds Pope Leo III as the 97th pope.
817
By place
Europe
- Louis the Pious divides his empire among his sons; Louis the German becomes king of East Francia, Lothar I becomes co-emperor.
- The Bulgarian siege of Constantinople ends.
By topic
Religion
- The Council of Aachen is held.
- January 25 – Pope Paschal I succeeds Pope Stephen IV as the 98th pope.
818
By place
Asia
- Beginning of the Lemro period in Rakhine history.
Europe
- Al-Andalus: Grave rebellion in the suburbs of Cordoba against the Umayyads.[3]
By topic
Religion
- Bishop Theodulf of Orléans is deposed and imprisoned, after becoming involved in a conspiracy of King Bernard of Italy against Louis the Pious.
819
By place
Asia
- August: Caliph al-Ma'mun returns to Baghdad, securing the city's place as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Europe
- Louis the Pious marries Judith, daughter of Welf.
- Nominoe becomes earl of Vannes, Brittany.
Significant people
- Charlemagne
- Louis the Pious
- Leo V of Byzantium
- Ma'moon, Abbasid khalif
Births
Deaths
References
- ↑ Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique (in French). Paris: Seuil. pp. 443, 86. ISBN 2-02-012935-3.
- ↑ Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 13. ISBN 88-8289-529-7.
- ↑ 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.