836 CE

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. 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. 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.

In the 830s, the 9th century.

Conflict & Security

  • 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.source
  • 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.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • The oldest known mention is made of the city of Soest (modern Germany).source
  • Egyptian military commander Abdel Wahid bin Yazid el-Iskandarani is appointed vizier of the Emirate of Córdoba in the Iberian Peninsula, rules until 851.source

Religion & Belief

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

Crime & Justice

  • Pietro Tradonico is appointed doge of Venice (until 864).source

Births

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

Deaths

  • March 17 – Haito, bishop of Baselsource
  • Muhammad ibn Idris, Idrisid emir of Moroccosource
  • Herefrith, bishop of Winchestersource
  • Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine officialsource
  • Prosigoj, Serbian prince (approximate date)source
  • 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.source
  • Adalram, archbishop of Salzburgsource
  • Aznar Sánchez, duke of Gasconysource
  • Malamir, ruler of the Bulgarian Empiresource
  • Ralpacan, emperor of Tibet (born 802)source
  • Wang Zhixing, general of the Tang Dynasty (born 758)source
  • Heungdeok, king of Silla (born 777)source
  • Wala of Corbie, Frankish noblemansource