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Calendar overview 850
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| 850 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 298/299 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 842/843 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1393/94 (southern Buddhism); 1392/93 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 59th (60th) cycle
Year of the Metal Horse庚午 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Snake 己巳) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 212/213 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 228/229 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 235/236 (July 14/15) |
| Jewish calendar | 4610/11 (September 10/11) |
| Coptic calendar | 566/567 |
| Malayalam calendar | 25/26 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDCIII (1603)
Diocletian's era : 566/567 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1160/61 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1161/62 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 888 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 906/907 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Central Europe
- Ludwig II , King of the Lombards, son of Lothar I , is crowned (co-) emperor by Pope Leo IV .
- The Zürichgau is separated from the Thurgau .
Northern Europe and British Isles
- Viking Age : The Vikings first winter during a raid in southern England after sacking Canterbury and London.
- Around 850 the Norwegian / Faroese Naddoddur discovered a country by chance, which he christened "Snow Country". Today it is called Iceland (Eisland).
Southern Europe
- Ordoño I. , after his father's death I. Ramiro king of Asturias .
- Arab troops of the Aghlabids conquer Corsica.
- The republic of Castile begins
India
City foundations and first documentary mentions
- The city of Burgos is founded.
- First documented mention of Eubigheim , Oberissigheim , Lumbrein , Niederissigheim and Neunkirch
- around 850: Windecken is first mentioned in a document as Tezelenheim .
religion
- Gunthar becomes Archbishop of Cologne .
- Altfried, Bishop of Hildesheim, founds a women's monastery in what is now Essen .
Disasters
- Famine in Eastern Franconia
Born
Date of birth saved
Exact date of birth unknown
- Adelheid of Friuli , wife of King Ludwig II of West Franconia († 901 )
- Du Guangting , Chinese Daoist and court scholar († 933 )
Born around 850
- 840/850 : Isaak ben Salomon Israeli , Egyptian doctor and Jewish philosopher (died around 932 )
- Arnulf of Carinthia , East Frankish King and Frankish Emperor († 899 )
- Berno von Baume , Franconian Benedictine, first abbot of Cluny († 927 )
- Hatto I , Abbot of the Reichenau Monastery and other imperial monasteries, Archbishop of Mainz and Arch Chancellor of the East Franconian Empire († 913 )
- Ki no Tomonori , Japanese poet († 904 )
Died
Date of death secured
- February 1 : Ramiro I , King of Asturias (* around 790 )
- March 21 : Nimmyō , Japanese Emperor (* 810 )
- April 18th : Perfectus , martyr of Cordoba
- November 29 : Walterich , founder and first abbot of the Murrhardt Benedictine monastery
Exact date of death unknown
- David , Bishop of Lausanne
- Huangbo Xiyun , Chinese Chan master
- Li Deyu , Chinese politician (* 787 )
- William of Septimania , Count of Barcelona and Empúries (* 826 )
Died around 850
- Amalarius of Metz , Archbishop of Trier (* around 775 )
Web links
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