857
This article is about the year 857. For the number, see 857 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 820s 830s 840s – 850s – 860s 870s 880s |
| Years: | 854 855 856 – 857 – 858 859 860 |
| 857 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 857 DCCCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1610 |
| Armenian calendar | 306 ԹՎ ՅԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5607 |
| Bengali calendar | 264 |
| Berber calendar | 1807 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1401 |
| Burmese calendar | 219 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6365–6366 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3553 or 3493 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3554 or 3494 |
| Coptic calendar | 573–574 |
| Discordian calendar | 2023 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 849–850 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4617–4618 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 913–914 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 779–780 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3958–3959 |
| Holocene calendar | 10857 |
| Iranian calendar | 235–236 |
| Islamic calendar | 242–243 |
| Japanese calendar | Saikō 4 / Ten'an 1 (天安元年) |
| Julian calendar | 857 DCCCLVII |
| Korean calendar | 3190 |
| Minguo calendar | 1055 before ROC 民前1055年 |
| Seleucid era | 1168/1169 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1399–1400 |
Yuhanna ibn Masawaiyh (ca. 777–857)
Year 857 (DCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Emperor Michael III, under the influence of his uncle Bardas, banishes his mother Theodora to the Gastria Monastery. Bardas, the de facto regent, becomes the most powerful person in the Byzantine Empire.[1]
Europe
- November – Erispoe, ruler (duke) of Brittany, is assassinated by his cousin Salomon and followers in the church at Talensac. King Charles the Bald acknowledges Salomon as rightful 'king' of Brittany.
- A Danish Viking fleet raids the cities of Dorestad, Paris and Orléans. Others sail up the Oise River, ravaging Beauvais and the abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Fly (approximate date).
- Viking chieftain Rorik, with the agreement of king Lothair II, leaves Dorestad with a fleet and forces his rival Horik II to recognise him as ruler over Denmark (approximate date).
By topic
Medicine
- The first recorded major outbreak of ergotism kills thousands of people in the Rhine Valley. They have eaten bread made from rye infected with the ergot fungus parasite Claviceps purpurea (approximate date).
Births
- Choe Chiwon, Korean philosopher and poet
Deaths
- Dae Ijin, king of Balhae (Korea)
- Erispoe, king (duke) of Brittany
- Harith al-Muhasibi, Muslim teacher (b. 781)
- Masawaiyh, Assyrian physician
- Matudán mac Muiredaig, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
- Roderick, Spanish priest and saint
- Wang Shaoding, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
- Zheng Lang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Ziryab, Muslim poet and musician (b. 789)
References
- ↑ Treadgold 1997, pp. 450–451.
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