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822
Year 822 (DCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| 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 | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3518 or 3458 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3519 or 3459 |
| 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 | Kōnin 13 (弘仁１３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 718–719 |
| Julian calendar | 822 DCCCXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3155 |
| Minguo calendar | 1090 before ROC 民前1090年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −646 |
| Seleucid era | 1133/1134 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1364–1365 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 948 or 567 or −205 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 949 or 568 or −204 |
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine general and usurper Thomas the Slav continues his revolt against Emperor Michael II. He unsuccessfully besieges Constantinople, while his fleet is destroyed by Michael's fleet, using Greek fire.
- Battle of Kedouktos (near Heraclea): Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria sends a relief army, and defeats the Byzantine rebels. [1][2][3]
Europe
- Emperor Louis I performs public penance for causing his nephew Bernard's death 4 years earlier, at his palace of Attigny (Ardennes), before Pope Paschal I, and the Frankish nobles (this to restore harmony and re-establish his authority).[4]
- The earliest known mention of the Serbs, in Einhard's Royal Frankish Annals.
Britain
- King Ceolwulf I of Mercia invades Powys (Wales), but is beaten back by King Cyngen. However, Ceolwulf does destroy the fortress of Deganwy, and later takes the kingdom under his control (approximate date).
Al-Andalus
- Al-Hakam I, Umayyad emir of Córdoba, dies after a 26-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Abd al-Rahman II, who begins a military campaign against King Alfonso II of Asturias in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).
Asia
- Kim Heon-chang launches a short-lived rebellion in Silla, which gains control over much of the southern and western Korean Peninsula.
Central America
- February 6 – Ukit Took becomes the last ruler (ajaw) of the Mayan city-state Copán (modern Guatemala). After his death in 830, the kingdom is wiped out, most likely from an epidemic.
By topic
Religion
- Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk, becomes abbot of Fulda, after the death of Eigil.
Births
- Al-Mutawakkil, Muslim caliph (d. 861)
- Ibn Abi Asim, Muslim Sunni scholar (or 821)
- Minamoto no Tōru, Japanese poet (d. 895)
- Xuefeng Yicun, Chinese Chan master (d. 908)
Deaths
- June 26 – Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 767)
- Al-Hakam I, Muslim emir of Córdoba (b. 771)
- Al-Waqidi, Muslim historian and biographer
- Denebeorht, bishop of Worcester
- Eigil of Fulda, Bavarian abbot
- Gregory Pterotos, Byzantine general (strategos)
- Kim Heon-chang, Silla aristocrat and rebel leader
- Li Yijian, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 756)
- Tahir ibn Husayn, founder of the Tahirid Dynasty
- Tian Bu, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 785)
- Winiges, duke of Spoleto (Italy)
References
- ^ 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. OCLC 458995052.
- ^ 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. OCLC 457007063.
- ^ Treadgold, Warren (1988). The Byzantine Revival, 780–842. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8047-1462-4.
- ^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The New Cambridge History, 700-900.