810s

The 810s decade ran from January 1, 810, to December 31, 819.

810

By place

Byzantine Empire

Spring – The Venetian dukes change sides again, submitting to King Pepin, under the authority of his father Charlemagne, who then proceeds to take Venice. Emperor Nikephoros I sends a Byzantine fleet to Dalmatia, prompting Pepin to withdraw to the mainland. A legate is dispatched to Venice, where he deposes the turncoat dukes, before continuing on to Aachen, to negotiate a peace with Charlemagne. Charlemagne recognises Byzantine dominance over Venice and Dalmatia in the Adriatic Sea.

Europe

King Godfred of the Danes leads 200 Viking ships to plunder the Frisian coast, and forces the merchants to pay 100 pounds of silver. He claims Northern Frisia as Danish territory.
Godfred is killed by one of his housecarls, and is succeeded by Hemming. According to Notker of Saint Gall, the bodyguard who murdered Godfred is possibly one of his sons.^[1]
Al-Andalus (modern Spain): The city of Mérida rises up against the Emirate of Córdoba.^[2]

By topic

Religion

Tikal Temple III, also known as the Temple of the Jaguar Priest,^[3] is constructed in Tikal National Park (modern Guatemala).
The Book of Kells (also known as the Book of Colomba), an illuminated manuscript, is completed by Celtic monks (approximate date).

Al-Amin the Arab caliph
Al-Ma'mun of Arab Caliphate
Al-Shafi'i
Charlemagne
Michael I Rangabe of Byzantium
Louis the Pious
Leo V of Byzantium
Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far

810

July 19 – Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian Islamic scholar (d. 870)
July 27 – Xuān Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 859)
Abbas ibn Firnas, Muslim physician and inventor (d. 887)
Anastasius, antipope of Rome (approximate date)
Bertharius, Benedictine abbot and poet (approximate date)
Engelram, Frankish chamberlain (approximate date)
Gérard II, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Halfdan the Black, Norwegian nobleman (approximate date)
Kassia, Byzantine abbess and hymnographer (approximate date)
Kenneth MacAlpin, king of Scotland (d. 858)
Louis the German, king of East Francia (approximate date)
Minamoto no Makoto, Japanese prince (d. 868)
Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)
Seishi, empress of Japan (d. 879)

811

Abu Hatim al-Razi, Muslim hadith scholar (d. 890)
Basil I, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 886)
Muhammad al-Jawad, ninth Twelver Shī'ah Imām (d. 835)
Ōe no Otondo, Japanese scholar (d. 877)

812

Domnall mac Ailpín, king of Scotland (d. 862)
Li Rong, prince of the Tang Dynasty (or 813)
Sugawara no Koreyoshi, Japanese nobleman (d. 880)
Theodora of Thessaloniki, Byzantine nun and saint (d. 892)^[31]
Wang Yuankui, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 854)
Wen Tingyun, Chinese poet and lyricist (d. 870)

813

Fujiwara no Yoshimi, Japanese nobleman (d. 867)
Fujiwara no Yoshisuke, Japanese statesman (d. 867)
Li Rong, prince of the Tang Dynasty (or 812)
Li Shangyin, Chinese official and poet (d. 858)
Moses Bar-Kepha, Syriac bishop (approximate date)
Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim ninth Ismā'īlī imam (or 814)
Theophilus, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 842)
Wandelbert, Benedictine monk (approximate date)

814

Bodo, Frankish deacon (approximate date)
Enchin, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 891)
Han Yunzhong, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 874)
Wu Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 846)
Zhou Bao, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 888)

815

Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Muslim botanist and geographer (d. 896)
Boniface VI, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 896)
Dawud al-Zahiri, Muslim scholar (approximate date)
Eberhard, duke of Friuli (approximate date)
Johannes Scotus Eriugena, Irish theologian (approximate date)
Leoluca, Sicilian abbot (approximate date)
Methodius, Byzantine missionary and bishop (d. 885)
Theodora, Byzantine empress (approximate date)

816

Formosus, pope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)
Henjō, Japanese waka poet (d. 890)

817

Abu Dawud, Muslim hadith compiler (or 818)
Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, Muslim governor (or 818)
Pepin, count of Vermandois (approximate date)
Pyinbya, king of Burma (d. 876)

818

Abu Dawud, Muslim hadith compiler (or 817)
Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, Muslim governor (or 817)
Ariwara no Yukihira, Japanese governor (d. 893)
Pepin, count of Vermandois (approximate date)
Sahl al-Tustari, Persian scholar (approximate date)

819

Martianus Hiberniensis, Irish monk and calligrapher (d. 875)

810

July 8 – Pippin of Italy, son of Charlemagne
Æthelburh, Anglo-Saxon abbess
Abul-Abbas, Asian elephant given to Charlemagne
Bello of Carcassonne, Frankish nobleman
Eardwulf, king of Northumbria (approximate date)
Eochaid mac Fiachnai, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
Fujiwara no Nakanari, Japanese nobleman (b. 764)
Gisela, Frankish abbess (b. 757)
Godfred, king of the Danes
Ismail ibn Ibrahim, Muslim scholar (b. 756)
Liu Ji, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 757)
Owain ap Maredudd, king of Dyfed (Wales)
Rotrude, Frankish princess, daughter of Charlemagne
Thrasco, Obotrite prince
Vojnomir, duke of Lower Pannonia (approximate date)
Wu Shaocheng, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 750)

811

June 17 – Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Japanese shōgun (b. 758)
July 24 – Gao Ying, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 740)
July 26 – Nikephoros I, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan, Muslim military leader
Charles the Younger, son of Charlemagne
Li Fan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 754)
Pei Ji, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Pepin the Hunchback, son of Charlemagne

812

January 11 – Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
Abd al-Malik ibn Salih, Abbasid general (b. 750)
Candidus of Fulda, Benedictine scholar
Du You, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 735)
Flann mac Congalaig, king of Brega (Ireland)
Fujiwara no Uchimaro, Japanese nobleman (b. 756)
Hemming, king of Denmark
Ibrahim I, Muslim emir of the Aghlabids (b. 756)
Jeong, king of Balhae (Korea) (approximate date)
Li Ning, prince of the Tang Dynasty (b. 793)
Nikephoros, son of Constantine V (approximate date)
Tian Ji'an, general of the Tang Dynasty
William of Gellone, Frankish nobleman (or 814)

813

’Abd Allah ibn Wahb, Muslim jurist (b. 743)
Eanberht, bishop of Hexham (approximate date)
Muhammad ibn Harun al-Amin, Muslim caliph (b. 787)

814

January 28 – Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (b. 742)
February 18 – Angilbert, Frankish diplomat and abbot
April 4 – Plato of Sakkoudion, Byzantine abbot
April 13 – Krum, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire
Abd-Allah ibn Numayr, Muslim narrator of hadith
Abu Nuwas, Muslim poet (b. 756)
Ailbhe of Ceann Mhara, Irish monk
Baizhang Huaihai, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 720)
Gruffydd ap Cyngen, Welsh prince (approximate date)
Li Jifu, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 758)
Meng Jiao, Chinese poet (b. 751)
Odo of Metz, Frankish architect (b. 742)
Reginfrid, King of Denmark
Sugano no Mamichi, Japanese nobleman (b. 741)
Triffyn ap Rhain, king of Dyfed (approximate date)
Waldo of Reichenau, Frankish abbot and bishop
William of Gellone, Frankish nobleman (or 812)
Wu Shaoyang, general of the Tang dynasty

815

February 15 – Ibn Tabataba, Zaydi anti-caliph^[32]
July 13 – Wu Yuanheng, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 758)
October 18 – Abu'l-Saraya, Zaydi rebel leader^[33]
Jābir ibn Hayyān (Geber), Muslim alchemist (approximate date)
Laylā bint Ṭarīf, Arab woman warrior poet
Mashallah ibn Athari, Jewish-Arab astrologer
Muirgius mac Tommaltaig, king of Connacht (Ireland)
Omar Tiberiades, Persian astrologer (approximate date)
Sadnalegs, emperor of Tibet (approximate date)

816

June 12 – Leo III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 750)
October 28 – Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
Cynan Dindaethwy, king of Gwynedd (Wales)
Fātimah bint Mūsā, Muslim saint (b. 790)
Harthama ibn A'yan, Muslim governor
Hildoard, archbishop of Cambrai
Li He, Chinese poet (b. 790)
Empress Dowager Wang (Xianzong), Chinese empress
Wulfar, archbishop of Reims

817

January 24 – Stephen IV, pope of the Catholic Church
Grimoald IV, Lombard prince of Benevento
Quriaqos of Tagrit, patriarch of Antioch
Tibraide mac Cethernach, abbot of Clonfert
Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 818)
Wu Yuanji, general of the Tang Dynasty

818

April 17 – Bernard of Italy, king of the Lombards (b. 797)
October 3 – Ermengarde, queen of the Franks^[34]
Al-Fadl ibn Sahl, Persian vizier
Ali al-Ridha, 8th Shia Imam (b. 766)
Cernach mac Congalaig, king of Brega (Ireland)
Clement, Irish scholar and saint
Felix, bishop of Urgell (Spain)
García I Jiménez, duke of Gascony
Hildebold, archbishop of Cologne
Michael the Confessor, bishop of Synnada
Morman, chieftain and king of Brittany
Muiredach mac Brain, king of Leinster (Ireland)
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)

819

March 8 – Li Shidao, Chinese warlord
Áed Oirdnide, king of Ailech (Ireland)
Cadolah, duke of Friuli (Italy)
Cairell mac Fiachnai, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
Cheng Yi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, Arab historian (b. 737)
Liu Zongyuan, Chinese poet and official (b. 773)

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Notker the Stammerer, De Carolo Magno, Book II, Chapter 13.
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Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique (in French). Paris: Seuil. pp. 443, 86. ISBN 2-02-012935-3.
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Coe 1967, 1988, p. 76.
[4]
Anonymus Vaticanus, p. 148.
[5]
Anonymus Vaticanus, pp. 148-149.
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Anastasius Bibliothecarius. Chronographia tripertita, p. 329.
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Anonymus Vaticanus, p. 150.
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Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
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Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 13. ISBN 88-8289-529-7.
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Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
[14]
Runciman, pp. 64–65^{[permanent dead link]}.
[15]
Fishbein (1992), pp. 197–202.
[16]
Owen Gingerich (1986). "Islamic Astronomy". Scientific American. 254 (4): 74–83. Bibcode:1986SciAm.254d..74G. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0486-74. JSTOR 24975932.
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Nadeau, Jean-Benoît and Barlow, Julie, The Story of French (Alfred A. Knopf 2006), p. 25.
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John V.A. Fine, Jr. (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, p. 99. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3.
[19]
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
[20]
Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp. 58–59.
[21]
Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 513–514. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
[22]
Salvador Miranda (1998). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Pope Stefano IV (815–817).
[23]
"Ireland's History in Maps (800 AD)". Dennis Walsh. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved on 26 July 2017.
[24]
Sánchez Albornoz, Claudio; Claudio Sánchez Albornoz. Problems del Reino de Navarra del siglo IX. p. 16.
[25]
Islam and Europe Timeline (355–1291 AD).
[26]
Wickham, p. 154. In 818 according to the Annales Beneventani.
[27]
Dr. Kathryn Tsai. A Timeline of Eastern Church History. Divine Ascent Press, Point Reyes Station, CA, 2004, p. 153.
[28]
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
[29]
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.
[30]
Rogers, Barbara, Bernhard W. Scholz, and Nithardus. Carolingian Chronicles, Royal Frankish Annals Nithard's Histories. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan, 1972. Print.
[31]
Talbot, Alice-Mary Maffry (1996). "Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike". Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation. Dumbarton Oaks. pp. 159–160. ISBN 978-0-88402-248-0. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
[32]
Scarcia Amoretti, B. (1971). "Ibn Ṭabāṭabā". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 950–951. OCLC 495469525.
[33]
Gibb, H. A. R. (1960). "Abu 'l-Sarāyā al-Sarī b. Manṣūr al-S̲h̲aybānī". In Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 149–150. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0249. OCLC 495469456.
[34]
Whitney, James Pounder; Gwatkin, Henry Melvill (1922). The Cambridge Medieval History: Maps III. Germany and the Western Empire. 3. Plantagenet Publishing. p. 23.

[1] [1]
Notker the Stammerer, De Carolo Magno, Book II, Chapter 13.

[rucquoi1993-2] [2]
Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique (in French). Paris: Seuil. pp. 443, 86. ISBN 2-02-012935-3.

[Coe67p76-3] [3]
Coe 1967, 1988, p. 76.

[4] [4]
Anonymus Vaticanus, p. 148.

[5] [5]
Anonymus Vaticanus, pp. 148-149.

[6] [6]
Anastasius Bibliothecarius. Chronographia tripertita, p. 329.

[7] [7]
Anonymus Vaticanus, p. 150.

[8] [8]
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.

[9] [9]
Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 429. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2.

[10] [10]
Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 429. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2.

[11] [11]
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.

[12] [12]
Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 13. ISBN 88-8289-529-7.

[13] [13]
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.

[14] [14]
Runciman, pp. 64–65^{[permanent dead link]}.

[15] [15]
Fishbein (1992), pp. 197–202.

[16] [16]
Owen Gingerich (1986). "Islamic Astronomy". Scientific American. 254 (4): 74–83. Bibcode:1986SciAm.254d..74G. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0486-74. JSTOR 24975932.

[17] [17]
Nadeau, Jean-Benoît and Barlow, Julie, The Story of French (Alfred A. Knopf 2006), p. 25.

[18] [18]
John V.A. Fine, Jr. (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, p. 99. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3.

[19] [19]
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.

[Swanton_58-20] [20]
Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp. 58–59.

[21] [21]
Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 513–514. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.

[22] [22]
Salvador Miranda (1998). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Pope Stefano IV (815–817).

[23] [23]
"Ireland's History in Maps (800 AD)". Dennis Walsh. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved on 26 July 2017.

[24] [24]
Sánchez Albornoz, Claudio; Claudio Sánchez Albornoz. Problems del Reino de Navarra del siglo IX. p. 16.

[25] [25]
Islam and Europe Timeline (355–1291 AD).

[26] [26]
Wickham, p. 154. In 818 according to the Annales Beneventani.

[27] [27]
Dr. Kathryn Tsai. A Timeline of Eastern Church History. Divine Ascent Press, Point Reyes Station, CA, 2004, p. 153.

[28] [28]
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.

[picard2000-29] [29]
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.

[Rogers-30] [30]
Rogers, Barbara, Bernhard W. Scholz, and Nithardus. Carolingian Chronicles, Royal Frankish Annals Nithard's Histories. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan, 1972. Print.

[31] [31]
Talbot, Alice-Mary Maffry (1996). "Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike". Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation. Dumbarton Oaks. pp. 159–160. ISBN 978-0-88402-248-0. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

[32] [32]
Scarcia Amoretti, B. (1971). "Ibn Ṭabāṭabā". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 950–951. OCLC 495469525.

[33] [33]
Gibb, H. A. R. (1960). "Abu 'l-Sarāyā al-Sarī b. Manṣūr al-S̲h̲aybānī". In Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 149–150. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0249. OCLC 495469456.

[34] [34]
Whitney, James Pounder; Gwatkin, Henry Melvill (1922). The Cambridge Medieval History: Maps III. Germany and the Western Empire. 3. Plantagenet Publishing. p. 23.

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