828 CE

At the instigation of Adalram, archbishop of Salzburg, the first Christian church in Central and Eastern Europe is built in Nitra, Pannonia. Relics of Mark the Evangelist are stolen from Alexandria (controlled by the Abbasid Caliphate) by two Venetian merchants, and brought to Venice. Summer – Euphemius, Byzantine admiral, is murdered by emissaries from the Byzantine garrison at Castrogiovanni, which is besieged by the Muslims. Threatened by Byzantine reinforcements arriving from Constantinople, the survivors burn their ships and retreat overland westward to Mazara del Vallo.

In the 820s, the 9th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • The occupation of Pueblo Bonito (present-day New Mexico) begins.source

Conflict & Security

  • Siege of Syracuse: The Muslims under Asad ibn al-Furat defeat a Byzantine relief army sent from Palermo, and backed by a Venetian fleet led by Giustiniano Participazio. Al-Furat decides to break off the siege at Syracuse, as his forces suffer greatly from lack of food. Later he dies during an outbreak of an epidemic.source
  • Al-Andalus: The city of Merida (modern Spain) rises twice in one year against the Umayyad Emirate.source
  • In the capital of Chang'an, a powerful court eunuch orders 50 wrestlers to arrest 300 commoners over a land property dispute in Northwest Chang'an, whereupon a riot breaks out in the streets.source

Religion & Belief

  • A Coptic revolt breaks out in Egypt (approximate date).source
  • Alcamo in Sicily is founded by the Muslim commander al-Kamuk (approximate date).source
  • At the instigation of Adalram, archbishop of Salzburg, the first Christian church in Central and Eastern Europe is built in Nitra, Pannonia.source
  • Relics of Mark the Evangelist are stolen from Alexandria (controlled by the Abbasid Caliphate) by two Venetian merchants, and brought to Venice.source

Crime & Justice

  • Kydonia, on the northwest coast of Crete, is destroyed by Saracen pirates (approximate date).source

Births

  • Yantou Quanhuo, Chinese Chan master (died 887)source
  • Al-Dinawari, astronomer and grammarian (died 889)source
  • Ibn Qutaybah, Muslim scholar (died 889)source
  • Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king (or 830)source

Deaths

  • Nikephoros I, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • Idriss II, Muslim emir of Morocco (born 791)source
  • Euphemius, Byzantine admiral and usupersource
  • Asad ibn al-Furat, Muslim jurist and theologian (born 759)source
  • Ibn Hisham, Muslim historian (or 833)source
  • Summer – Euphemius, Byzantine admiral, is murdered by emissaries from the Byzantine garrison at Castrogiovanni, which is besieged by the Muslims. Threatened by Byzantine reinforcements arriving from Constantinople, the survivors burn their ships and retreat overland westward to Mazara del Vallo.source
  • Talha ibn Tahir, Muslim governorsource