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837
Year
837
(
DCCCXXXVII
) was a
common year starting on Monday
of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
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By place
Byzantine Empire
ByzantineâÂÂArab War
: Emperor
Theophilos
leads a massive Byzantine expeditionary force into
Mesopotamia
. He sacks the cities
Arsamosata
and
Sozopetra
â which some sources claim as the birthplace of
Abbasid
caliph
Al-Mu'tasim
â and forces
Melitene
to pay
tribute
.
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
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
, as recorded in the
Presian Inscription
.
The city of
Naples
(modern
Italy
) is attacked by
Saracen
s from
Egypt
demanding an annual payment (approximate date).
Britain
King
Drest IX
dies after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded as ruler of the
Picts
by his cousin
Eóganan mac ÃÂengusa
.
By topic
Astronomy
April 10
–
Halley's Comet
passes approximately
5 million km
from
Earth
, its closest ever approach.</onlyinclude>
Births
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
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