850
This article is about the year 850. For the number, see 850 (number). For the Volvo model, see Volvo 850. For the BMW 850i, 850Ci or 850CSi, see BMW 8 Series (E31). For the Fiat model, see Fiat 850.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 820s 830s 840s – 850s – 860s 870s 880s |
| Years: | 847 848 849 – 850 – 851 852 853 |
| 850 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 850 DCCCL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1603 |
| Armenian calendar | 299 ԹՎ ՄՂԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5600 |
| Bengali calendar | 257 |
| Berber calendar | 1800 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1394 |
| Burmese calendar | 212 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6358–6359 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3546 or 3486 — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3547 or 3487 |
| Coptic calendar | 566–567 |
| Discordian calendar | 2016 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 842–843 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4610–4611 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 906–907 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 772–773 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3951–3952 |
| Holocene calendar | 10850 |
| Iranian calendar | 228–229 |
| Islamic calendar | 235–236 |
| Japanese calendar | Kashō 3 (嘉祥３年) |
| Julian calendar | 850 DCCCL |
| Korean calendar | 3183 |
| Minguo calendar | 1062 before ROC 民前1062年 |
| Seleucid era | 1161/1162 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1392–1393 |
Viking expansion with conquered areas
For codepage, see CP850. Year 850 (DCCCL) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- February 1 – King Ramiro I dies in his palace at Santa María del Naranco (near Oviedo) after a 8-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Ordoño I as ruler of Asturias.
- Danish Viking raiders led by king Rorik conquer Dorestad and Utrecht (modern-day Netherlands). Emperor Lothair I recognizes him as ruler of the most of Friesland.
- King Louis II, the eldest son of Lothair I, is crowned joint emperor by pope Leo IV at Rome and becomes co-ruler of the Middle Frankish Kingdom.
Britain
- King Kenneth I (also called Kenneth MacAlpin) of Alba (modern Scotland) invades Northern Northumbria during the period of 850–858, burning Dunbar and Melrose.
- The Pillar of Eliseg is erected by king Cyngen ap Cadell of Powys (Wales) as a memorial to his great-grandfather Elisedd ap Gwylog (or Eliseg) (approximate date).
Japan
- May 6 – Emperor Ninmyō dies after a 17-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Montoku as the 55th emperor of Japan.
Mesoamerica
- Uxmal becomes the capital of a large state in the Puuk hills region of northern Yucatán (modern Mexico). The city is connected by causeways (sakbe) to other important Puuk sites, such as K'abah, Sayil, and Labna (approximate date).
By topic
Food and Drink
- Coffee is discovered (according to legend) by the Ethiopian goatherder Kaldi in East Africa, who notices that his goats become energetic after chewing the red berries from certain wild bushes (approximate date).
Religion
- April 22 – Gunther becomes archbishop of Cologne (modern Germany).
- June 18 – Perfecto, a Christian priest in Muslim Córdoba, is executed (beheaded) after he refuses to retract numerous insults he made about the prophet Muhammad.
Births
- Adelaide, queen of the West Frankish Kingdom (or 853)
- Arnulf of Carinthia, king of the East Frankish Kingdom (d. 899)
- Du Guangting, Chinese Daoshi writer (d. 933)
- Harald Fairhair, king of Norway (approximate date)
- Herbert I, count of Vermandois (approximate date)
- Onneca Fortúnez, Basque princess (or 848)
- Seiwa, emperor of Japan (d. 878)
- Smbat I, king of Armenia (approximate date)
Deaths
- Amalarius, Frankish archbishop (approximate date)
- Bishr al-Hafi, Muslim theologian (approximate date)
- Eanred, king of Northumbria (approximate date)
- Huangbo Xiyun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk
- Li Deyu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 787)
- Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Persian mathematician (approximate date)
- May 6 – Ninmyō, emperor of Japan (b. 808)
- June 18 – Perfecto, Spanish monk and martyr
- February 1 – Ramiro I, king of Asturias
- Tachibana no Kachiko, empress of Japan (b. 786)
- Vlastimir, Serbian prince (approximate date)
- July 14 – Wei Fu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (b. 826)
References
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