836

This article is about the year 836. For the number, see 836 (number).

Year 836 (DCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 836th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 836th year of the 1st millennium, the 36th year of the 9th century, and the 7th year of the 830s decade.

836 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	836 DCCCXXXVI
Ab urbe condita	1589
Armenian calendar	285 ԹՎ ՄՁԵ
Assyrian calendar	5586
Balinese saka calendar	757–758
Bengali calendar	242–243
Berber calendar	1786
Buddhist calendar	1380
Burmese calendar	198
Byzantine calendar	6344–6345
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3533 or 3326     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3534 or 3327
Coptic calendar	552–553
Discordian calendar	2002
Ethiopian calendar	828–829
Hebrew calendar	4596–4597
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	892–893
- Shaka Samvat	757–758
- Kali Yuga	3936–3937
Holocene calendar	10836
Iranian calendar	214–215
Islamic calendar	221–222
Japanese calendar	Jōwa 3 (承和３年)
Javanese calendar	732–733
Julian calendar	836 DCCCXXXVI
Korean calendar	3169
Minguo calendar	1076 before ROC 民前1076年
Nanakshahi calendar	−632
Seleucid era	1147/1148 AG
Thai solar calendar	1378–1379
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Wood-Hare) 962 or 581 or −191     — to — མེ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dragon) 963 or 582 or −190

Bulgaria under Presian I (836–852)

Events

By place

Abbasid Caliphate

• Driven by tensions between his favoured Turkish guard and the populace of Baghdad, Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim moves his residence to the new city of Samarra, 130 km north of Baghdad. With brief interruptions, the city will remain the seat of the Abbasid caliphs until 892.

Britain

• Battle of Carhampton: Danish Vikings arrive in the Wessex areas of Somerset and North Devon. Ecgberht, King of Wessex fights them but is forced to withdraw.^[1]

Europe

• July 4 – Pactum Sicardi: Prince Sicard of Benevento signs a 5-year armistice with the duchies of Sorrento, Naples and Amalfi. He recognizes the trade of merchants among the three cities in Southern Italy.
• Malamir, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, dies after a 4-year reign and is succeeded by his nephew Presian I. Because of his young age and inexperience, the Bulgarian state affairs are dominated by his minister and commander-in-chief Isbul.
• Pietro Tradonico is appointed doge of Venice (until 864).
• The oldest known mention is made of the city of Soest (modern Germany).

By topic

Religion

• The Basilica of St. Castor in Koblenz (Rhineland-Pfalz) is constructed.

Births

• Æthelberht, king of Wessex (approximate date)
• Al-Musta'in, Muslim caliph (d. 866)
• Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (d. 891)
• Ibn al-Rumi, Muslim poet (d. 896)
• Luo Hongxin, Chinese warlord (d. 898)
• Mihira Bhoja, king of the Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty (d. 885)
• Wei Zhuang, Chinese poet (approximate date)

Deaths

• March 17 – Haito, bishop of Basel
• Adalram, archbishop of Salzburg
• Aznar Sánchez, duke of Gascony
• Herefrith, bishop of Winchester
• Heungdeok, king of Silla (b. 777)
• Lambert I, Frankish nobleman
• Malamir, ruler of the Bulgarian Empire
• Matfrid, Frankish nobleman
• Muhammad ibn Idris, Idrisid emir of Morocco^[2]
• Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine official
• Prosigoj, Serbian prince (approximate date)
• Ralpacan, emperor of Tibet (b. 802)
• Wala of Corbie, Frankish nobleman
• Wang Zhixing, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 758)