847
This article is about the year 847. For the number, see 847 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 810s 820s 830s – 840s – 850s 860s 870s |
| Years: | 844 845 846 – 847 – 848 849 850 |
| 847 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 847 DCCCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1600 |
| Armenian calendar | 296 ԹՎ ՄՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5597 |
| Bengali calendar | 254 |
| Berber calendar | 1797 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1391 |
| Burmese calendar | 209 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6355–6356 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3543 or 3483 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3544 or 3484 |
| Coptic calendar | 563–564 |
| Discordian calendar | 2013 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 839–840 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4607–4608 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 903–904 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 769–770 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3948–3949 |
| Holocene calendar | 10847 |
| Iranian calendar | 225–226 |
| Islamic calendar | 232–233 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa 14 (承和１４年) |
| Julian calendar | 847 DCCCXLVII |
| Korean calendar | 3180 |
| Minguo calendar | 1065 before ROC 民前1065年 |
| Seleucid era | 1158/1159 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1389–1390 |
Pope Leo IV (790–855)
Year 847 (DCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Danish Vikings land in the Breton March (western part of Gaul). Duke Nominoe of Brittany fails to withstand them in battle, but succeeds in buying them off with gifts and persuading the Vikings to leave (approximate date).
Arabian Empire
- The Saracens under the Berber leader Kalfun capture the Byzantine city of Bari (Southern Italy). He becomes the first emir (wali) of the Emirate of Bari and expands his influence on the Italian mainland with Muslim raids.[1]
- August 10 – Caliph Al-Wathiq dies of high fever after a 5-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother Al-Mutawakkil as ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate.
By topic
Religion
- January 24 – Pope Sergius II dies of gout after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by Leo IV as the 103rd pope of Rome.
- April 21– Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk, becomes archbishop of Mainz after the death of Odgar.
Births
- Al-Mu'tazz, Muslim caliph (d. 869)
- Charles the Child, king of Aquitaine (or 848)
- Wang Jian, Chinese emperor of Former Shu (d. 918)
Deaths
- August 10 – Al-Wathiq, Muslim caliph (b. 816)
- Feidlimid mac Cremthanin, king of Munster (Ireland)
- Hetto, Frankish archbishop (approximate date)
- Li Rangyi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- June 14 – Methodios I, patriarch of Constantinople
- April 21– Odgar, Frankish monk and archbishop
- January 24 – Sergius II, pope of the Catholic Church
References
- ↑ Kreutz, p. 38
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