819 Explained

Year 819 (DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• Spring  - Emperor Louis I marries Judith of Bavaria in Aachen.^[1] She becomes his second wife and Empress of the Franks. Like many of the royal marriages of the time, Judith is selected through a bridal show.
• Ljudevit, duke of the Slavs in Lower Pannonia, raises a rebellion against the Frankish Empire. Louis I sends an army led by Cadolah of Friuli, but is defeated by the Pannonian Slavs.
• Battle of Kupa: Ljudevit defeats the Frankish forces led by Borna, a vassal of Louis I. He escapes with the help of his elite bodyguard. Ljudevit uses the momentum and invades the Duchy of Croatia.
• Nominoe, a noble Briton, is appointed by Louis I as count of Vannes in Brittany (approximate date).

Abbasid Caliphate

• August 11  - Caliph Al-Ma'mun returns to Baghdad, securing the city's place as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
• Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun dismisses Al-Hasan ibn Sahl as governor of al-Iraq.

Births

• Martianus Hiberniensis, Irish monk and calligrapher (d. 875)

Deaths

• March 8  - Li Shidao, Chinese warlord
• Áed Oirdnide, king of Ailech (Ireland)
• Cadolah, duke of Friuli (Italy)
• Cairell mac Fiachnai, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
• Cheng Yi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, Arab historian (b. 737)
• Liu Zongyuan, Chinese poet and official (b. 773)

Notes and References

1. Rogers, Barbara, Bernhard W. Scholz, and Nithardus. Carolingian Chronicles, Royal Frankish Annals Nithard's Histories. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan, 1972. Print.