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Calendar overview 838
Map with all linked sites: | 838 | |
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 conquer and destroy the Byzantine city of Amorion . |
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| 838 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 286/287 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 830/831 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1381/82 (southern Buddhism); 1380/81 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 58th (59th) cycle
Year of the Earth-Horse戊午 ( at the beginning of the year Fire-Snake 丁巳) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 200/201 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 216/217 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 223/224 (November 22/23) |
| Jewish calendar | 4598/99 (September 22-23) |
| Coptic calendar | 554/555 |
| Malayalam calendar | 13/14 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDXCI (1591)
Diocletian's era : 554/555 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1148/49 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1149/50 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 876 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 894/895 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- In the Battle of Hingston Down in Cornwall , King Egbert of Wessex defeated the Danes and their Welsh allies .
- Pippin II succeeds his late father Pippin I as Duke of Aquitaine .
- Charles the Bald is crowned sub-king in Neustria .
- Establishment of a state of Rus on the Dnepr / Dnipro .
Islamic expansion / Byzantine Empire
- July 22nd : In the battle of Dazimon , Abbasid troops under Afschin defeat those of the Byzantine emperor Theophilos .
- August 1st : The siege of the Byzantine city of Amorion by the Arabs under Caliph Al-Mu'tasim bi-'llāh begins.
- Mid-August: The Arabs conquer Amorion and kill several thousand residents.
- Abu Iqal becomes Emir of the Aghlabids in North Africa.
First documentary mentions
- Ludwig the Pious transfers the churches to Reni and Wateringas , today's cities of Rheine and Wettringen in the Münsterland as well as an estate in Schöppingen , to the Herford Benedictine monastery . The deed of gift is the first documentary evidence of the existence of the Rhine and Wettringen.
- Eichtersheim and Rovigo are mentioned for the first time.
religion
Disasters
- December 26th : A severe storm surge on the North Sea coast hits Friesland in particular. More than 2000 people die. The Leybucht forms.
nature and environment
- November 10 : The Great Comet X / 838 V1 appears and is observed in China and Japan.
Died
Date of death secured
- January 4th : Babak Khorramdin , Persian national hero (* 798 )
- July 18 : Friedrich I , Bishop of Utrecht (* around 780 )
- November 13th : Pippin I , King of Aquitaine (* 797 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Ziyādat Allah I , Emir of the Aghlabids
- Reginhar , Bishop of Passau
Web links
Commons : 838 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
