The
Rus' Khaganate is created by people who are called
Rus', after the 182-year dominance of the
Khazars. This is the starting period of the rise of the
Kievan Rus', and the later states of
Russia,
Belarus and
Ukraine (approximate date).
A
synod appears to have been held at Chelsea, as an extant charter (Sawyer 158) records a confirmation of a land grant by
Coenwulf, the king of Mercia that was part of the council's proceedings.[4]
King
Beorhtric of Wessex dies after drinking a
chalice of poison intended for his wife, Eadburh. She flees to the court of Charlemagne, who accepts a portion of her wealth and makes her
abbess. Prince
Egbert returns to
Wessex, and is accepted as the new king.[6]
The Mecca Protocol: Caliph
Harun al-Rashid and the leading officials of the
Abbasid Caliphate perform the
hajj to
Mecca, where the line of succession is finalized. Harun's eldest son
al-Amin is named heir, but his second son
al-Ma'mun is named as al-Amin's heir, and ruler of a broadly autonomous
Khurasan. A third son,
al-Qasim, is added as third heir, and receives responsibility over the
frontier areas with the Byzantine Empire.
Caliph
Harun al-Rashid has his friend and vizier (secretary)
Ja'far ibn Yahyabeheaded, The surviving members of the influential
Barmakid family (Jafar's family) are imprisoned on the orders of Harun, and their property is
confiscated.
Marriage of caliph
Harun al-Rashid and
Umm Muhammad; She was the daughter of
Abbasid prince Salih al-Miskin and Umm Abdullah, the daughter of Isa ibn Ali. They married in November-December 803 in Al-Raqqah. She had formerly been married to
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, who had repudiated her.[10]
August 31 – Shunzong issues an
edict to yield the
throne to his son
Xianzong (Li Chun), because of an illness, taking for himself the title of "Retired Emperor" (Taishang Huang). Xian is confronted with political disputes in
Zi Prefecture (
Shaanxi).
Emperor
Nikephoros I is forced to sue for peace, on condition of paying 50,000 nomismata to Caliph
Harun al-Rashid, and agrees to a yearly
tribute. Nikephoros promises not to rebuild the dismantled forts. Rashid recalls his forces from various
sieges, and evacuates
Byzantine territory.[24][25][26]
Spring –
Siege of Serdica:
Krum, ruler (khan) of the
Bulgarian Empire, captures the fortress of Serdica (modern
Sofia), after a long
siege.[30] According to
Byzantine sources, he massacres the
garrison (supposedly 6,000 men), sacks the city, and razes the
city walls, before returning with much
loot to
Bulgaria.[31] In the following years (and centuries), Serdica will serve as a base for the expansion of the
Bulgars to the south of the
Balkans.
^Serrão, Joel; de Oliveira Marques, A. H. (1993). "O Portugal Islâmico". Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Editorial Presença. p. 124.
^Serrão, Joel; de Oliveira Marques, A. H. (1993). "O Portugal Islâmico". Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Editorial Presença. p. 125.
^Dynastic History of Magadha by George E. Somers, p. 179
^Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.28.
Sources
al-Tabari, Muhammad Ibn Yarir; Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1989). The History of al-Tabari Vol. 30: The 'Abbasid Caliphate in Equilibrium: The Caliphates of Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169-193. Bibliotheca Persica. State University of New York Press.
ISBN978-0-88706-564-4.
Guidoboni, E.; Ferrari, G.; Mariotti, D.; Comastri, A.; Tarabusi, G.; Sgattoni, G.; Valensise, G. (2018).
"801 04 29, 20:00 Roma (Italy)". Catalogo dei Forti Terremoti in Italia (461 a.C.–1997) e nell'area Mediterranea (760 a.C.–1500). Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia.
Mango, Cyril; Scott, Roger (1997). The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor. Byzantine and Near Eastern History, AD 284–813. Oxford University Press.
ISBN0-19-822568-7.
The
Rus' Khaganate is created by people who are called
Rus', after the 182-year dominance of the
Khazars. This is the starting period of the rise of the
Kievan Rus', and the later states of
Russia,
Belarus and
Ukraine (approximate date).
A
synod appears to have been held at Chelsea, as an extant charter (Sawyer 158) records a confirmation of a land grant by
Coenwulf, the king of Mercia that was part of the council's proceedings.[4]
King
Beorhtric of Wessex dies after drinking a
chalice of poison intended for his wife, Eadburh. She flees to the court of Charlemagne, who accepts a portion of her wealth and makes her
abbess. Prince
Egbert returns to
Wessex, and is accepted as the new king.[6]
The Mecca Protocol: Caliph
Harun al-Rashid and the leading officials of the
Abbasid Caliphate perform the
hajj to
Mecca, where the line of succession is finalized. Harun's eldest son
al-Amin is named heir, but his second son
al-Ma'mun is named as al-Amin's heir, and ruler of a broadly autonomous
Khurasan. A third son,
al-Qasim, is added as third heir, and receives responsibility over the
frontier areas with the Byzantine Empire.
Caliph
Harun al-Rashid has his friend and vizier (secretary)
Ja'far ibn Yahyabeheaded, The surviving members of the influential
Barmakid family (Jafar's family) are imprisoned on the orders of Harun, and their property is
confiscated.
Marriage of caliph
Harun al-Rashid and
Umm Muhammad; She was the daughter of
Abbasid prince Salih al-Miskin and Umm Abdullah, the daughter of Isa ibn Ali. They married in November-December 803 in Al-Raqqah. She had formerly been married to
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, who had repudiated her.[10]
August 31 – Shunzong issues an
edict to yield the
throne to his son
Xianzong (Li Chun), because of an illness, taking for himself the title of "Retired Emperor" (Taishang Huang). Xian is confronted with political disputes in
Zi Prefecture (
Shaanxi).
Emperor
Nikephoros I is forced to sue for peace, on condition of paying 50,000 nomismata to Caliph
Harun al-Rashid, and agrees to a yearly
tribute. Nikephoros promises not to rebuild the dismantled forts. Rashid recalls his forces from various
sieges, and evacuates
Byzantine territory.[24][25][26]
Spring –
Siege of Serdica:
Krum, ruler (khan) of the
Bulgarian Empire, captures the fortress of Serdica (modern
Sofia), after a long
siege.[30] According to
Byzantine sources, he massacres the
garrison (supposedly 6,000 men), sacks the city, and razes the
city walls, before returning with much
loot to
Bulgaria.[31] In the following years (and centuries), Serdica will serve as a base for the expansion of the
Bulgars to the south of the
Balkans.
^Serrão, Joel; de Oliveira Marques, A. H. (1993). "O Portugal Islâmico". Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Editorial Presença. p. 124.
^Serrão, Joel; de Oliveira Marques, A. H. (1993). "O Portugal Islâmico". Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Editorial Presença. p. 125.
^Dynastic History of Magadha by George E. Somers, p. 179
^Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.28.
Sources
al-Tabari, Muhammad Ibn Yarir; Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1989). The History of al-Tabari Vol. 30: The 'Abbasid Caliphate in Equilibrium: The Caliphates of Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169-193. Bibliotheca Persica. State University of New York Press.
ISBN978-0-88706-564-4.
Guidoboni, E.; Ferrari, G.; Mariotti, D.; Comastri, A.; Tarabusi, G.; Sgattoni, G.; Valensise, G. (2018).
"801 04 29, 20:00 Roma (Italy)". Catalogo dei Forti Terremoti in Italia (461 a.C.–1997) e nell'area Mediterranea (760 a.C.–1500). Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia.
Mango, Cyril; Scott, Roger (1997). The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor. Byzantine and Near Eastern History, AD 284–813. Oxford University Press.
ISBN0-19-822568-7.