{"slug": "leo-vi-the-wise", "label": "Leo VI the Wise", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_VI_the_Wise", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41618", "qid": "Q41618", "description": "Byzantine Emperor", "entries": 15, "years": 12, "span": [866, 913], "span_label": ["866 CE", "913 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "constantine-vii", "label": "Constantine VII", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "first-bulgarian-empire", "label": "First Bulgarian Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "simeon-i-of-bulgaria", "label": "Simeon I of Bulgaria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "church-of-the-holy-apostles", "label": "Church of the Holy Apostles", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "michael-iii", "label": "Michael III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "khan-title", "label": "Khan (title)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thessaloniki", "label": "Thessaloniki", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cappadocia", "label": "Cappadocia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kayseri", "label": "Kayseri", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 866, "year_label": "866 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – Leo VI, Byzantine emperor (d. 912)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129580#Births", "title": "866", "revid": 1341129580, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 886, "year_label": "886 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – Emperor Basil I the Macedonian dies from a fever, contracted after a hunting accident. He is succeeded by the 19-year-old Leo VI, officially Basil's son, but reputedly a son of former emperor Michael III, as sole ruler (basileus) of the Byzantine Empire. After his coronation Leo reburies the remains of his reputed father Michael, with great ceremony in the imperial mausoleum, within the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367666946#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "886", "revid": 1367666946, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 886, "year_label": "886 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December", "text": "December – Emperor Leo VI dismisses Patriarch Photius I, who has been his tutor, and replaces him with his own brother Stephen I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367666946#Religion", "title": "886", "revid": 1367666946, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 894, "year_label": "894 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Stylianos Zaoutzes, leading minister and basileopator, convinces Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) to move the Bulgarian market from Constantinople to Thessaloniki. This affects the commercial importance of Bulgarian trade. Simeon I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, mobilizes his Bulgarian forces and invades Byzantine territory, ravaging the countryside.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130298#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "894", "revid": 1341130298, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 895, "year_label": "895 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Magyars are expelled from western Siberia, and settle in the Carpathian Basin, under the leadership of Árpád (the traditional date of 896 held during the 20th century has proved to be erroneous). Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) seeks aid from the Magyars, and after crossing the Danube on Byzantine ships, they ravage Bulgarian territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093921#Europe", "title": "895", "revid": 1346093921, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 899, "year_label": "899 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zoe Zaoutzaina, Byzantine empress consort of Leo VI", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130263#Deaths", "title": "899", "revid": 1341130263, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arab–Byzantine wars: Emperor Leo VI (\"the Wise\") begins an offensive against the Abbasid army in Cilicia, Upper Mesopotamia and Armenia. He also continues the war against the Muslims in Sicily and southern Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Summer – After the death of his wife Zoe Zaoutzaina, the Byzantine emperor Leo VI marries Eudokia Baïana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Europe", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 901, "year_label": "901 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Eudokia Baïana, Byzantine empress and wife of Leo VI", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013381#Deaths", "title": "901", "revid": 1345013381, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 901, "year_label": "901 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January", "text": "January – Arethas of Caesarea speaks on the occasion of the Epiphany. He becomes the official rhetor at the Byzantine court of Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) at Constantinople, and is nominated as Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013381#Religion", "title": "901", "revid": 1345013381, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 904, "year_label": "904 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) is forced to sign a peace treaty with Simeon I, ruler (knyaz) of the Bulgarian Empire. All Slavic-inhabited lands of Macedonia and southern Albania are ceded to the Bulgarians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130856#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "904", "revid": 1341130856, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 907, "year_label": "907 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – Nicholas I Mystikos is deposed as Patriarch of Constanstinople, (having fallen out with the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI), and is replaced by Euthymius I Syncellus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130849#Religion", "title": "907", "revid": 1341130849, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 908, "year_label": "908 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor Leo VI (the Wise), is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire by Patriarch Euthymius I at Constantinople. The ceremony is held in the Hagia Sophia. After the rituals, Constantine is crowned (symbolically) and becomes Leo's successor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468131#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "908", "revid": 1364468131, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 912, "year_label": "912 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) dies after a 26-year reign, in which he has completed the Byzantine code of laws (Basilika). He is succeeded by his brother Alexander III as emperor (basileus) alongside Leo's 6-year-old son Constantine VII. Alexander becomes de facto ruler of the Byzantine Empire and expels Empress Zoe Karbonopsina, the mother of Constantine, from the palace and exiles her to a nunnery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468136#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "912", "revid": 1364468136, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 913, "year_label": "913 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – Emperor Alexander III dies of exhaustion while playing the game tzykanion (Byzantine name for polo). He is succeeded by his 8-year-old nephew Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (\"born in the purple\"), a son of the late emperor Leo VI (the Wise). The government is administered by a regency council composed of Constantine's mother, Empress Zoe Karbonopsina, Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos and his guardian John Eladas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070619#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "913", "revid": 1267070619, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}