822
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 822 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 822 DCCCXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1575 |
| Armenian calendar | 271 ԹՎ ՄՀԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5572 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 743–744 |
| Bengali calendar | 229 |
| Berber calendar | 1772 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1366 |
| Burmese calendar | 184 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6330–6331 |
| Chinese calendar | Tân sửuNiên (MetalOx) 3519 or 3312 — to — Nhâm dần niên (WaterTiger) 3520 or 3313 |
| Coptic calendar | 538–539 |
| Discordian calendar | 1988 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 814–815 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4582–4583 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 878–879 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 743–744 |
| -Kali Yuga | 3922–3923 |
| Holocene calendar | 10822 |
| Iranian calendar | 200–201 |
| Islamic calendar | 206–207 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōnin13 ( hoằng nhân １３ niên ) |
| Javanese calendar | 718–719 |
| Julian calendar | 822 DCCCXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3155 |
| Minguo calendar | 1090 beforeROC Dân tiền 1090 niên |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −646 |
| Seleucid era | 1133/1134AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1364–1365 |
| Tibetan calendar | Âm kim ngưu niên (female Iron-Ox) 948 or 567 or −205 — to — Dương thủy hổ niên (male Water-Tiger) 949 or 568 or −204 |
Year822(DCCCXXII) was acommon year starting on Wednesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- Byzantine general and usurperThomas the Slavcontinues his revolt against EmperorMichael II.He unsuccessfully besiegesConstantinople,while his fleet is destroyed by Michael's fleet, usingGreek fire.
- Battle of Kedouktos(nearHeraclea): KhanOmurtag of Bulgariasends a relief army, and defeats the Byzantine rebels.[1][2][3]
Europe
[edit]- EmperorLouis Iperforms publicpenancefor causing his nephewBernard's death 4 years earlier, at his palace ofAttigny(Ardennes), beforePope Paschal I,and theFrankishnobles (this to restore harmony and re-establish his authority).[4]
- The earliest known mention of theSerbs,inEinhard'sRoyal Frankish Annals.
Britain
[edit]- KingCeolwulf I of MerciainvadesPowys(Wales), but is beaten back by KingCyngen.However, Ceolwulf does destroy the fortress ofDeganwy,and later takes the kingdom under his control (approximate date).
Al-Andalus
[edit]- Al-Hakam I,UmayyademirofCórdoba,dies after a 26-year reign. He is succeeded by his sonAbd al-Rahman II,who begins a military campaign against KingAlfonso II of AsturiasinAl-Andalus(modernSpain).
Asia
[edit]- Kim Hŏn-ch'anglaunches a short-lived rebellion inSilla,which gains control over much of the southern and westernKorean Peninsula.
Central America
[edit]- February 6–Ukit Tookbecomes the last ruler (ajaw) of theMayancity-stateCopán(modernGuatemala). After his death in830,the kingdom is wiped out, most likely from an epidemic.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Rabanus Maurus,a FrankishBenedictinemonk, becomesabbotofFulda,after the death ofEigil.
Births
[edit]- Al-Mutawakkil,Muslimcaliph(d.861)
- Ibn Abi Asim,MuslimSunnischolar (or821)
- Minamoto no Tōru,Japanesepoet(d.895)
- Xuefeng Yicun,ChineseChanmaster (d.908)
Deaths
[edit]- June 26–Saichō,JapaneseBuddhistmonk (b.767)
- Al-Hakam I,MuslimemirofCórdoba(b.771)
- Al-Waqidi,Muslim historian andbiographer
- Denebeorht,bishop of Worcester
- Eigil of Fulda,Bavarianabbot
- Gregory Pterotos,Byzantine general (strategos)
- Kim Hŏn-ch'ang,Sillaaristocratand rebel leader
- Li Yijian,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty(b.756)
- Tahir ibn Husayn,founder of theTahirid Dynasty
- Tian Bu,general of theTang Dynasty(b.785)
- Winiges,duke ofSpoleto(Italy)
References
[edit]- ^Bury, John Bagnell(1912).A History of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I (A.D. 802–867).London: Macmillan and Company. pp. 101–102.OCLC458995052.
- ^Lemerle, Paul(1965). "Thomas le Slave".Travaux et mémoires 1(in French). Paris: Centre de recherche d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance. pp. 279–281, 291.OCLC457007063.
- ^Treadgold, Warren(1988).The Byzantine Revival, 780–842.Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 240.ISBN978-0-8047-1462-4.
- ^McKitterick, Rosamond,The New Cambridge History,700-900.