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Calendar year
The
Saracens begin the
conquest of Sicily
Pope Gregory IV (c. 795–844)
Year 827 (
DCCCXXVII ) was a
common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar .
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
June 14 –
Euphemius , exiled Byzantine admiral, asks for the help of North African
Arabs , to retake
Sicily and
Malta from the Byzantines.
[1] Emir
Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya promises to return the islands to Euphemius, in exchange for a yearly
tribute , and sends an
Arab Muslim expeditionary force of 10,000 men under the 70-year-old
Asad ibn al-Furat , which lands at
Mazara del Vallo in Sicily.
Fall –
Siege of Syracuse : Muslim forces under Asad ibn al-Furat, in support of the rebel Byzantine army, besiege
Syracuse, Sicily .
[2]
Europe
Summer –
Omurtag , ruler (
khan ) of the
Bulgarian Empire , launches an attack to the
West , and penetrates into
Pannonia . He expels the local chiefs, and installs
Bulgar governors over the
Slavic tribes to control them. Omurtag conquers the cities of
Beograd ,
Braničevo ,
Sirmium , and most of eastern
Slavonia .
[3]
Giustiniano Participazio deposes his younger brother
Giovanni I , and is appointed
doge of
Venice . Giovanni, who is part of a pro-
Frankish faction, is exiled to
Zara (modern
Croatia ).
Britain
China
By topic
Religion
Science
Agriculture
Births
Deaths
January 1 –
Adalard of Corbie , Frankish
abbot
August 27 –
Eugene II , pope of the
Catholic Church
October 10 –
Valentine , pope of the Catholic Church
Agnello Participazio , doge of
Venice
Claudius , archbishop of
Turin
Grigol of Kakheti , Georgian prince
Guillemundus , Frankish nobleman
Hildegrim , bishop of
Châlons
Jing Zong , emperor of the
Tang Dynasty (b.
809 )
Li Yi , Chinese
poet (or
829 )
Ludeca , king of
Mercia
Wu Chongyin , Chinese general (b.
761 )
Yaoshan Weiyan , Chinese
Buddhist monk (b.
745 )
References
^ Peter Sammartino and William Roberts, Sicily: An Informal History , p. 43.
^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518) . Paris: La Découverte; p. 23.
^ John V.A. Fine, Jr. (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century , p. 107.
ISBN
978-0-472-08149-3 .
^ Rolland, Jacques L.; Sherman, Carol (2006). The Food Encyclopedia . Toronto: Robert Rose. pp. 335–338.
ISBN
978-0-778-80150-4 .