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Year '''820''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. |
Year '''820''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. |
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=== By place === |
=== By place === |
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* [[December 25]] – Emperor [[Leo V the Armenian|Leo V]] ("the Armenian") is assassinated by conspirators in the [[Hagia Sophia]] at [[Constantinople]]. Though unarmed, he fights back fiercely but dies of his wounds. He is succeeded by [[Michael II]], commander of the [[Imperial Guard|palace guard]] (''[[Excubitors|excubitores]]''). Leo's family (including his mother and his wife [[Theodosia, wife of Leo V|Theodosia]]) is [[exile]]d to monasteries in [[Prince Islands|Princes' Islands]].<ref>[[Theophanes Continuatus]], pp. 40–41.</ref> |
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==== Asia ==== |
==== Asia ==== |
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* [[Tahir ibn Husayn|Tahir]], the son of a slave, is rewarded with the governorship of [[Greater Khorasan|Khurasan]] for supporting the [[caliphate]]. He rules independently of [[Baghdad]], not even mentioning the caliph's name in Friday prayers in recognition of caliphal authority. |
* [[Tahir ibn Husayn|Tahir]], the son of a slave, is rewarded with the governorship of [[Greater Khorasan|Khurasan]] for supporting the [[caliphate]]. He rules independently of [[Baghdad]], not even mentioning the caliph's name in Friday prayers in recognition of caliphal authority. |
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* [[Michael II]] succeeds Leo V as Byzantine Emperor. |
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== Deaths == |
== Deaths == |
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* [[December 25]] – [[Leo V the Armenian|Leo V]], [[Byzantine |
* [[December 25]] – [[Leo V the Armenian|Leo V]], emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (b. [[775]] |
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* [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang|Tang Xian Zong]], [[emperor of China]] (b. [[778]]) |
* [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang|Tang Xian Zong]], [[emperor of China]] (b. [[778]]) |
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* [[Adi Shankara]], Hindu sage (b. [[788]]). |
* [[Adi Shankara]], Hindu sage (b. [[788]]). |
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Revision as of 13:31, 7 August 2015
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| 820 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 820 DCCCXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1573 |
| Armenian calendar | 269 ԹՎ ՄԿԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5570 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 741–742 |
| Bengali calendar | 227 |
| Berber calendar | 1770 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1364 |
| Burmese calendar | 182 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6328–6329 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3517 or 3310 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3518 or 3311 |
| Coptic calendar | 536–537 |
| Discordian calendar | 1986 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 812–813 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4580–4581 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 876–877 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 741–742 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3920–3921 |
| Holocene calendar | 10820 |
| Iranian calendar | 198–199 |
| Islamic calendar | 204–205 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōnin 11 (弘仁１１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 716–717 |
| Julian calendar | 820 DCCCXX |
| Korean calendar | 3153 |
| Minguo calendar | 1092 before ROC 民前1092年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −648 |
| Seleucid era | 1131/1132 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1362–1363 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 946 or 565 or −207 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 947 or 566 or −206 |
Year 820 (DCCCXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- December 25 – Emperor Leo V ("the Armenian") is assassinated by conspirators in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople. Though unarmed, he fights back fiercely but dies of his wounds. He is succeeded by Michael II, commander of the palace guard (excubitores). Leo's family (including his mother and his wife Theodosia) is exiled to monasteries in Princes' Islands.[1]
Asia
- Tahir, the son of a slave, is rewarded with the governorship of Khurasan for supporting the caliphate. He rules independently of Baghdad, not even mentioning the caliph's name in Friday prayers in recognition of caliphal authority.
Europe
- The Historia Brittonum is written (approximate date).
- Fedelmid mac Crimthainn assumes the kingship of Munster.
By topic
Science and technology
- Muslim mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī founds algebra.
Births
- Rhodri Mawr ('the Great'), ruler of Gwynedd (Wales) (approximate date) (d. 878)
- Photius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) (d. 891)
Deaths
- December 25 – Leo V, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. 775
- Tang Xian Zong, emperor of China (b. 778)
- Adi Shankara, Hindu sage (b. 788).
References
- ^ Theophanes Continuatus, pp. 40–41.