818
This article is about the year 818. For the number, see 818 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 780s 790s 800s – 810s – 820s 830s 840s |
| Years: | 815 816 817 – 818 – 819 820 821 |
| 818 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 818 DCCCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1571 |
| Armenian calendar | 267 ԹՎ ՄԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5568 |
| Bengali calendar | 225 |
| Berber calendar | 1768 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1362 |
| Burmese calendar | 180 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6326–6327 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3514 or 3454 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3515 or 3455 |
| Coptic calendar | 534–535 |
| Discordian calendar | 1984 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 810–811 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4578–4579 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 874–875 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 740–741 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3919–3920 |
| Holocene calendar | 10818 |
| Iranian calendar | 196–197 |
| Islamic calendar | 202–203 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōnin 9 (弘仁９年) |
| Julian calendar | 818 DCCCXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3151 |
| Minguo calendar | 1094 before ROC 民前1094年 |
| Seleucid era | 1129/1130 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1360–1361 |
Fresco of king Bernard of Italy (797–818)
Year 818 (DCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Vikings known as Rus' (Norsemen) plunder the north coast of Anatolia (modern Turkey), marking the first recorded raid of Rus' people or Russians, on territory in the Byzantine Empire.[1]
Europe
- 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 on the Timok River break their alliance with the Bulgars. Duke Ljudevit of Pannonian Croatia sends emissaries to Louis I to assert his independence from the Franks.[2]
- Al-Andalus: Grave rebellion in the suburbs of Cordoba against the Umayyad Caliphate. Andalucian Arab refugees arrive in Fez (modern Morocco).[3]
Britain
- The Anglo-Saxons led by king Coenwulf of Mercia raid Dyfed in Wales (approximate date).
Asia
- Beginning of the Lemro period: The Sambawa and Pyinsa Kingdoms are founded.
By topic
Religion
- Theodulf, bishop of Orléans, is deposed and imprisoned, after becoming involved in a conspiracy of Bernard of Italy.
Births
Deaths
- Al-Fadl ibn Sahl, Persian vizier
- Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)
- April 17 – Bernard of Italy, king of the Lombards (b. 797)
- Cernach mac Congalaig, king of Brega (Ireland)
- Clement, Irish scholar and saint
- October 3 – Ermengarde, queen of the Franks
- Felix, bishop of Urgell (Spain)
- Hildebold, archbishop of Cologne
- 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
- ↑ Dr. Kathryn Tsai. A Timeline of Eastern Church History. Divine Ascent Press, Point Reyes Station, CA, 2004, p. 153.
- ↑ John V.A. Fine, Jr. (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, p. 107. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3.
- ↑ 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.
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