826

Year 826 (DCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 826th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 826th year of the 1st millennium, the 26th year of the 9th century, and the 7th year of the 820s decade.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century 9th century 10th century
Decades:	800s 810s 820s 830s 840s
Years:	823 824 825 826 827 828 829

826 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	826 DCCCXXVI
Ab urbe condita	1579
Armenian calendar	275 ԹՎ ՄՀԵ
Assyrian calendar	5576
Balinese saka calendar	747–748
Bengali calendar	233
Berber calendar	1776
Buddhist calendar	1370
Burmese calendar	188
Byzantine calendar	6334–6335
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3523 or 3316     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3524 or 3317
Coptic calendar	542–543
Discordian calendar	1992
Ethiopian calendar	818–819
Hebrew calendar	4586–4587
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	882–883
- Shaka Samvat	747–748
- Kali Yuga	3926–3927
Holocene calendar	10826
Iranian calendar	204–205
Islamic calendar	210–211
Japanese calendar	Tenchō 3 (天長３年)
Javanese calendar	722–723
Julian calendar	826 DCCCXXVI
Korean calendar	3159
Minguo calendar	1086 before ROC 民前1086年
Nanakshahi calendar	−642
Seleucid era	1137/1138 AG
Thai solar calendar	1368–1369
Tibetan calendar	阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 952 or 571 or −201     — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 953 or 572 or −200

Theodore the Studite (759–826)

This article is about the year. For the non-profit organization, see 826 National.

Events

By place

Britain

• King Beornwulf of Mercia invades East Anglia, but is killed in battle. He is succeeded by Ludeca, as ruler of Mercia.
• Prince Aethelwulf, a son of King Egbert of Wessex, invades Kent, and drives out its pro-Mercian king Baldred.

Byzantine Empire

• May – Euphemius, Byzantine admiral, organises an uprising in Sicily against Emperor Michael II. He proclaims himself Emperor (with the title of basileus) in Syracuse, independent from Constantinople. In turn, Euphemius is defeated by Byzantine troops (reinforcements from the East), and is driven out to North Africa.^[1]

Europe

• King Harald Klak of Denmark receives the Frisian county of Rüstringen, as a gift from Emperor Louis the Pious.

By topic

Religion

• Harald Klak accepts Christianity, and is baptized with his wife and son Godfrid at Mainz.

Births

• January 22 – Montuku, emperor of Japan (d. 858)
• November 29 – William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (d. 850)
• Al-Mubarrad, Muslim grammarian (d. 898)
• Ansgarde of Burgundy, Frankish queen (approximate date)
• Cyril, Byzantine missionary and bishop (d. 885)
• Doseon, Korean Buddhist monk (d. 898)
• Thābit ibn Qurra, Muslim astronomer and physician (d. 901)

Deaths

• Ashot I, prince of Iberia (or 830)
• Ashot Msaker, prince of Armenia
• Bai Xingjian, Chinese poet and writer (b. 776)
• Beornwulf, king of Mercia
• Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu, Japanese general (b. 775)
• Heondeok, king of Silla (Korea)
• Li Guangyan, Chinese general (b. 761)
• Li Wu, prince of the Tang Dynasty
• Theodore the Studite, Byzantine abbot (b. 759)
• Wu Yantong, Chinese Buddhist monk
• Zhu Kerong, Chinese governor (jiedushi)

References

1. "Brief history of Sicily" (PDF). Archaeology.Stanford.edu. October 7, 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}