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The 850s decade ran from January 1, 850, to December 31, 859.

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Events

850

By place

Europe
Britain
Japan
India
  • It is hypothesized that sometime around 850 a group of Buddhist pilgrims travelling through a valley near Roopkund (modern India) were killed when caught out in the open in a sudden hailstorm. Their remains were discovered in 1942.
Mesoamerica
  • Uxmal becomes the capital of a large state in the Puuk hills region of northern Yucatán (modern Mexico). The city is connected by causeways ( sakbe ) to other important Puuk sites, such as K'abah, Sayil, and Labna (approximate date).

By topic

Food and Drink
Religion

851

By place

Asia
Britain
China
  • Suleiman al-Tajir, Muslim merchant and traveller, visits China during the Tang Dynasty. He observes the manufacturing of Chinese porcelain at Guangzhou, and writes of his admiration for its transparent quality. Suleiman also describes the mosque at Guangzhou, its granaries, its local government administration, some of its written records, and the treatment of travellers, along with the use of ceramics, rice wine, and tea (approximate date).
Europe

By topic

Religion

852

By place

Europe
Britain
  • A Viking fleet of 350 vessels enters the Thames Estuary before turning north, and engages the Mercian forces under King Beorhtwulf. The Mercians are defeated, and retreat to their settlements. The Vikings then turn south and cross the river somewhere in Surrey; there they are slaughtered by a West Saxon army, led by King Æthelwulf and his son Aethelbald, at Oak Field (Aclea). [7]
  • King Æthelstan, the eldest son of Æthelwulf, is killed by a Viking raiding party. He is succeeded by his brother Æthelberht, who becomes sub-king of Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex (approximate date).
  • Beorhtwulf dies after a 12-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Burgred as king of Mercia.
Al-Andalus

By topic

Aviation
  • According to a 17th century account, the Andalusian inventor Abbas ibn Firnas makes a tower jump in Córdoba. He wraps himself with vulture feathers and attaches two wings to his arms. The alleged attempt to fly is not recorded in earlier sources and is ultimately unsuccessful, but the garment slows his fall enough that he only sustains minor injuries.
Religion

853

By place

Byzantine Empire
Europe
Britain
China

By topic

Religion

854

By place

Europe
Britain

By topic

Religion

855

By place

Byzantine Empire
Central Europe
Britain
Abbasid Caliphate

By topic

Religion

856

By place

Byzantine Empire
Europe
Britain

By topic

Geology

857

By place

Byzantine Empire
Europe

By topic

Medicine

858

By place

Europe
Britain
Asia

By topic

Religion

859

By place

Europe
Iberian Peninsula
Africa
China

Significant people

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840 Calendar year

Year 840 (DCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

847 Calendar year

Year 847 (DCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

855 Calendar year

Year 855 (DCCCLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

848 Calendar year

Year 848 (DCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

829 Calendar year

Year 829 (DCCCXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

839 Calendar year

Year 839 (DCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

851 Calendar year

Year 851 (DCCCLI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

852 Calendar year

Year 852 (DCCCLII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

854 Calendar year

Year 854 (DCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

856 Calendar year

Year 856 (DCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

858 Calendar year

Year 858 (DCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

865 Calendar year

Year 865 (DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

870 Calendar year

Year 870 (DCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

References

  1. ↑ Laurent 1919, pp. 117–118, 122.
  2. ↑ Ter-Ghewondyan 1976, pp. 42–43.
  3. ↑ Paul Hill (2009): The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 14. ISBN   978-1-59416-087-5.
  4. ↑ Smith, Julia M. H. Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians. Cambridge University Press: 1992.
  5. ↑ Annales Bertiniani.
  6. ↑ Higounet, 39 n57.
  7. ↑ Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 14. ISBN   978-1-59416-087-5
  8. ↑ Bury 1912, pp. 292–293.
  9. ↑ Goldberg 2006, p. 242.
  10. ↑ Chronique de Saint-Maixent, p. 59. "Gaubert, comte du Maine tomba dans une embuscade des Nantais et fut tué".
  11. 1 2 Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 15. ISBN   978-1-59416-087-5.
  12. ↑ Norsemen in the Low Countries: Extracts from the Annales Bertiniani, 855 entry Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Zeit.de: Das Alter der Städte
  14. ↑ ASC 854 - English translation at Project Gutenberg
  15. ↑ Kirby, The Earliest English Kings, p. 161.
  16. ↑ Milford Haven Town Council website History, Chronology of Events Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ Abels 1998, p. 72.
  18. ↑ Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 17. ISBN   978-1-59416-087-5
  19. ↑ Ter-Ghewondyan 1976, pp. 83–86.
  20. ↑ Stevenson 1904, p. 186.
  21. 1 2 Treadgold 1997, pp. 450–451.
  22. ↑ Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 18. ISBN   978-1-59416-087-5.
  23. ↑ Keynes 1998, p. 7; Abels 2002, p. 89.
  24. ↑ Charles the Bald - NNDB.com - English translation Charles the Bald
  25. ↑ Varley, p. 166.
  26. ↑ Bowman, p. 105.
  27. ↑ Eleanor Shipley Duckett, Carolingian Portraits: A Study in the Ninth Century, U. Mich. Press, 1989, p. 216.
  28. ↑ Haywood, John (1995). The Historical Atlas of the Vikings, pp. 58–59. Penguin Books: ISBN   0-14-051328-0
  29. ↑ Martínez Díez 2007, p. 25.
  30. ↑ Yanko-Hombach, Valentina (2006). The Black Sea Flood Question. Springer. p. 638. ISBN   1402047746.
  31. ↑ Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique. Paris: Seuil. p. 85. ISBN   2-02-012935-3.

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