837
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 837 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 837 DCCCXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1590 |
| Armenian calendar | 286 ԹՎ ՄՁԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5587 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 758–759 |
| Bengali calendar | 244 |
| Berber calendar | 1787 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1381 |
| Burmese calendar | 199 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6345–6346 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3534 or 3327 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3535 or 3328 |
| Coptic calendar | 553–554 |
| Discordian calendar | 2003 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 829–830 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4597–4598 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 893–894 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 758–759 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3937–3938 |
| Holocene calendar | 10837 |
| Iranian calendar | 215–216 |
| Islamic calendar | 222–223 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa 4 (承和４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 733–734 |
| Julian calendar | 837 DCCCXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3170 |
| Minguo calendar | 1075 before ROC 民前1075年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −631 |
| Seleucid era | 1148/1149 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1379–1380 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 963 or 582 or −190 — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 964 or 583 or −189 |
Year 837 (DCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
By place[edit]
Byzantine Empire[edit]
- Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos leads a massive Byzantine expeditionary force into Mesopotamia. He sacks the cities Arsamosata and Sozopetra—which some sources claim as the birthplace of Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tasim—and forces Melitene to pay tribute.[1]
- The Slavs in the vicinity of Thessaloniki revolt against the Byzantine Empire. Theophilos undertakes an evacuation of some Byzantine captives, who are settled in trans-Danubian Bulgaria.
Europe[edit]
- Presian I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, sends his prime-minister Isbul against the Smolyani (a Slavic tribe in Byzantine territory near the Struma River). The Bulgarian army campaigns along the Aegean coasts, and conquers most of Thrace and Macedonia, including the fortress city of Philippi (see Presian Inscription).[2]
- The city of Naples (modern Italy) is attacked by Saracens from Egypt demanding an annual payment (approximate date).
Britain[edit]
- King Drest IX dies after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by his cousin Eóganan, as ruler of the Picts.
By topic[edit]
Astronomy[edit]
- April 10 – Comet Halley passes approximately 5 million km from Earth, its closest ever approach.
Births[edit]
- Al-Muntasir, Muslim caliph (d. 862)
- Baldwin I, margrave of Flanders (approximate date)
- Ibn Duraid, Muslim poet and philologist (d. 933)
- Ibn Khuzaymah, Muslim hadith and scholar (d. 923)
Deaths[edit]
- Antony I, patriarch of Constantinople
- Drest IX, king of the Picts
- Eadwulf, bishop of Lindsey
- Giovanni I, doge of Venice
- Hugh of Tours, Frankish nobleman
- Li Zaiyi, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 788)
- Maxentius, patriarch of Aquileia
- Oliba I, Frankish nobleman
- Peter of Atroa, Byzantine abbot (b. 773)
References[edit]
- ^ Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 440. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2.
- ^ Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.