822 Explained

Year 822 (DCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Byzantine general and usurper Thomas the Slav continues his revolt against Emperor Michael II. He unsuccessfully besieges Constantinople, while his fleet is destroyed by Michael's fleet, using Greek fire.
• Battle of Kedouktos (near Heraclea): Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria sends a relief army, and defeats the Byzantine rebels. ^{[1] [2]}

Europe

• Emperor Louis I performs public penance for causing his nephew Bernard's death 4 years earlier, at his palace of Attigny (Ardennes), before Pope Paschal I, and the Frankish nobles (this to restore harmony and re-establish his authority).^[3]
• The earliest known mention of the Serbs, in Einhard's Royal Frankish Annals.

Britain

• King Ceolwulf I of Mercia invades Powys (Wales), but is beaten back by King Cyngen. However, Ceolwulf does destroy the fortress of Deganwy, and later takes the kingdom under his control (approximate date).

Al-Andalus

• Al-Hakam I, Umayyad emir of Córdoba, dies after a 26-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Abd al-Rahman II, who begins a military campaign against King Alfonso II of Asturias in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).

Asia

• Kim Hŏn-ch'ang launches a short-lived rebellion in Silla, which gains control over much of the southern and western Korean Peninsula.

Central America

• February 6  - Ukit Took becomes the last ruler (ajaw) of the Mayan city-state Copán (modern Guatemala). After his death in 830, the kingdom is wiped out, most likely from an epidemic.

By topic

Religion

• Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk, becomes abbot of Fulda, after the death of Eigil.

Births

• Al-Mutawakkil, Muslim caliph (d. 861)
• Ibn Abi Asim, Muslim Sunni scholar (or 821)
• Minamoto no Tōru, Japanese poet (d. 895)
• Xuefeng Yicun, Chinese Chan master (d. 908)

Deaths

• June 26  - Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 767)
• Al-Hakam I, Muslim emir of Córdoba (b. 771)
• Al-Waqidi, Muslim historian and biographer
• Denebeorht, bishop of Worcester
  • Eigil of Fulda, Bavarian abbot Gregory Pterotos, Byzantine general (strategos)
• Kim Hŏn-ch'ang, Silla aristocrat and rebel leader
• Li Yijian, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 756)
• Tahir ibn Husayn, founder of the Tahirid Dynasty
• Tian Bu, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 785)
• Winiges, duke of Spoleto (Italy)

Notes and References

1. Book: Bury, John Bagnell. J.B. Bury

   . J.B. Bury. A History of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I (A.D. 802–867). London . Macmillan and Company. 1912. 458995052. 101–102.

2. Book: Lemerle, Paul. Paul Lemerle

   . Paul Lemerle. Thomas le Slave. Travaux et mémoires 1. Paris . Centre de recherche d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance. 1965. French . 457007063. 279–281, 291.

3. McKitterick, Rosamond, The New Cambridge History, 700-900.