{"slug": "michael-iii", "label": "Michael III", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_III", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41622", "qid": "Q41622", "description": "Byzantine emperor from 842 to 867", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [840, 886], "span_label": ["840 CE", "886 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arab-muslims", "label": "Arab Muslims", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theophilos-emperor", "label": "Theophilos (emperor)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leo-vi-the-wise", "label": "Leo VI the Wise", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-of-the-holy-apostles", "label": "Church of the Holy Apostles", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-army", "label": "Byzantine army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "basil-i", "label": "Basil I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ecumenical-patriarch-of-constantinople", "label": "Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 840, "year_label": "840 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January", "text": "January – Michael III, Byzantine emperor (d. 867) (most probable date: 839 is also possible)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367666598#Births", "title": "840", "revid": 1367666598, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 842, "year_label": "842 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Emperor Theophilos dies of dysentery at Constantinople, after a 12-year reign in which he expended much effort defending the eastern frontier against the invading Muslim Arabs. Theophilos is succeeded by his 2-year-old son Michael III, with his mother Theodora as regent and the 'temporary' sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256465#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "842", "revid": 1350256465, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 855, "year_label": "855 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – Theoktistos, co-regent of the Empire on behalf of 15-year old Emperor Michael III, is murdered on the orders of Michael.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256482#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "855", "revid": 1350256482, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 856, "year_label": "856 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – Emperor Michael III overthrows the regency of his mother Theodora. He appoints his uncle Bardas as the de facto regent and co-ruler of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329734614#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "856", "revid": 1329734614, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 857, "year_label": "857 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Michael III, under the influence of his uncle Bardas, banishes his mother Theodora to the Gastria Monastery. Bardas, the de facto regent, becomes the most powerful person in the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267075868#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "857", "revid": 1267075868, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 858, "year_label": "858 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – Ignatios I, patriarch of Constantinople, is imprisoned by orders of Emperor Michael III, and replaced by the layman Photius I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129132#Religion", "title": "858", "revid": 1341129132, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 867, "year_label": "867 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 24", "text": "September 24 – Emperor Michael III is murdered, by order of his co-emperor Basil I. Basil becomes sole ruler (basileus) of the Byzantine Empire, and founds the Macedonian Dynasty (until 1056). Basil rebuilds the Byzantine army and navy, in an effort to restore the empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655299#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "867", "revid": 1366655299, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"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"}}]}