Events 806

1 events

1.1 place

1.1.1 asia
1.1.2 abbasid caliphate
1.1.3 britain
1.1.4 europe


1.2 topic

1.2.1 religion

events
by place
asia

february 5 – emperor kanmu dies after 25-year reign, has seen korean culture , technology introduced japan. succeeded son heizei, 51st emperor of japan.
hōzen-ji temple founded in wakakusa, nakakoma district, japan (now minami-alps, yamanashi prefecture). temple follows shingon sect of japanese buddhism.

abbasid caliphate

arab–byzantine wars: caliph harun al-rashid leads huge military expedition, assembling men syria, palestine, persia, , egypt. invasion army (135,000 men) departs raqqa, residence of harun, , enters cappadocia through cilician gates, sacking several byzantine fortresses , cities. heraclea captured after month-long siege (august/september). city plundered , razed; inhabitants enslaved , deported abbasid caliphate.
arab–byzantine wars: abbasid fleet under humayd ibn ma yuf al-hajuri raids cyprus, carrying off 16,000 inhabitants slaves.
harun al-rashid appoints ashot msaker ( carnivorous ) -new presiding prince of armenia. bagratids emerge 1 of country s 2 powerful noble families. harun recognizes bagratid branch, under ashot curopalates, princes of caucasian iberia.
rafi ibn al-layth, arab nobleman, leads large-scale rebellion against oppressive taxation abbasid governor ali ibn isa ibn mahan. launches revolt in samarkand, spreads across khorasan.

britain

vikings massacre columba s monks, , inhabitants on island of iona (scotland). other monks flee safety in monastery of kells (ireland). take them book of kells.
king eardwulf of northumbria expelled kingdom rival Ælfwald ii, takes throne. eardwulf flees frankish court of charlemagne, , later visits pope leo iii in rome.

europe

november – al-hakam i, umayyad emir of córdoba, reasserts control on city of toledo, autonomous since 797. effect al-hakam has on 72 nobles (accounts talk of 5,000) massacred @ banquet, crucified , displayed along banks of guadalquivir river (modern spain), in comes known day of trench .
emperor charlemagne divides frankish empire under 3 sons, called divisio regnorum. charles younger designates imperial title, austrasia , neustria, saxony, burgundy, , thuringia. pepin gives italy, bavaria, , swabia. youngest son louis pious receives aquitaine, spanish march, , provence.
grimoald iii, lombard duke of benevento, dies without heirs. succeeded grimoald iv, forced pay tribute king charles younger.

by topic
religion

april 12 – nikephoros elected patriarch of constantinople, succeeding tarasios.
the church (oratory) in germigny-des-prés built bishop theodulf of orléans.
july 26 – wulfred elected archbishop of canterbury.