839
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| Gregorian calendar | 839 DCCCXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1592 |
| Armenian calendar | 288 ԹՎ ՄՁԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5589 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 760–761 |
| Bengali calendar | 246 |
| Berber calendar | 1789 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1383 |
| Burmese calendar | 201 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6347–6348 |
| Chinese calendar | Mậu ngọNăm (EarthHorse) 3536 or 3329 — to — Mình chưa năm (EarthGoat) 3537 or 3330 |
| Coptic calendar | 555–556 |
| Discordian calendar | 2005 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 831–832 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4599–4600 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 895–896 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 760–761 |
| -Kali Yuga | 3939–3940 |
| Holocene calendar | 10839 |
| Iranian calendar | 217–218 |
| Islamic calendar | 224–225 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa6 ( thừa cùng ６ năm ) |
| Javanese calendar | 736–737 |
| Julian calendar | 839 DCCCXXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3172 |
| Minguo calendar | 1073 beforeROC Dân trước 1073 năm |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −629 |
| Seleucid era | 1150/1151AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1381–1382 |
| Tibetan calendar | Dương thổ mã năm (male Earth-Horse) 965 or 584 or −188 — to — Âm thổ dương năm (female Earth-Goat) 966 or 585 or −187 |
Year839(DCCCXXXIX) was acommon year starting on Wednesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- PrinceSicard of Beneventois assassinated by a conspiracy among thenobility.He is succeeded byRadelchis I,chief army officer andtreasurerof Sicard, who proclaims himself ruler ofBenevento.He imprisonsSiconulf,heir and brother of Sicard, inTaranto.ButAmalfitanmerchants, led byLandulf I,thegastaldofCapua,and with the support ofGuaifer,rescue him from prison. Siconulf is proclaimed prince ofSalerno,and acivil warerupts, which splits the LombardprincipalityinSouthern Italy.[1]
- Third Civil War:KingLouis the German,grandson ofCharlemagne,invadesSwabia.His nephew,Pepin II of Aquitaine,and hisGasconsubjects, conquer territory all the way to theLoire.
- May 20— Thirteen months before his death,Louis the Pious,successor to his fatherCharlemagne,consents to the division of Charlemagne's empire among his sons in a declaration atWorms.Upon Louis I's death in 840,Lothair(age 45) is devisedMiddle Franciathat includes Switzerland and northern Italy;Louis the German(Louis II), age 36, receivesEastern Franciathat includes much ofGermany;andCharles the Bald(17) getsWest Franciathat incorporates most ofFrance.
- TheHungarians(also known as Magyars) who until this time have lived east of theCarpathians,raid theLower Danubeat the request of theBulgarian Empireagainst theByzantineinsurgents.[2]
- Approximate date – DanishVikingsreturn to ravage theFrisiancoast (sackingDorestadfor the second time).
- The first official mention ofAndorrais recorded, in themanuscriptsof the cathedral atLa Seu d'Urgell(modernSpain).
Britain
[edit]- Ecgberht, King of Wessex,dies after a 37-year reign, and is succeeded by his sonÆthelwulf( "Noble Wolf" ) as ruler ofWessex.Æthelwulf's eldest son,Æthelstan,is made sub-king ofKent,Essex,SurreyandSussex,under his father.[3]
- Battle of 839:Eóganan mac Óengusa,King of the Picts, his brother Bran,Áed mac Boanta,King of Dál Riata,"and others almost innumerable" are killed in a battle fought by the men ofFortriuin Scotland againstVikings.[4]Alpín mac Echdach(Alpín II) apparently succeeds Áed.
Births
[edit]- Charles the Fat,Frankish emperor (d.888)
- He Quanhao,general of theTang dynasty(d.870)
- Liu Chongwang,Chancellor of the Tang dynasty(d.900)
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari,Persian scholar (d.923)
Deaths
[edit]- April 21–Pei Du,chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b.765)
- June 16–Rorgon I,count ofMaine(or840)
- Áed mac Boanta,king ofDál Riata
- Aznar Galíndez I,king ofAragon
- Cathal mac Muirgiussa,king ofConnacht
- Chengguan,ChineseBuddhistmonk (b.738)
- Cummascach mac Congalaig,king ofBrega
- Ecgberht,king ofWessex
- Eóganan mac Óengusa,king of thePicts
- Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi,Muslim prince (b.779)
- Muhammad at-Taqi,Muslim ninthIsmā'īlīimam (or840)
- Muiredach mac Eochada,king ofUlaid
- Sicard,prince ofBenevento
- Vache,prince ofKakheti
- Wiglaf,king ofMercia
References
[edit]- ^Kreutz, Barbara M (1991). Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries, p. 23 (University of Pennsylvania, Press: Philadelphia).
- ^Bóna, István (2000).The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries.Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 11.ISBN963-8312-67-X.
- ^Stenton 1971,p. 231;Kirby 2000,pp. 155–56.
- ^Annals of Ulster.
Sources
[edit]- Kirby, D.P. (2000).The Earliest English Kings(Revised ed.). Routledge.ISBN0-415-24211-8.
- Stenton, Frank M.(1971).Anglo-Saxon England.Oxford: Clarendon Press.ISBN0-19-821716-1.