850s

Decade
Millennium
1st millennium
Centuries
  • 8th century
  • 9th century
  • 10th century
Decades
  • 830s
  • 840s
  • 850s
  • 860s
  • 870s
Years
  • 850
  • 851
  • 852
  • 853
  • 854
Categories
  • Births
  • Deaths
  • Establishments
  • Disestablishments
  • v
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  • e

The 850s decade ran from January 1, 850, to December 31, 859.

Events

850

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By place

Europe
Britain
Japan
India
  • It is hypothesized that sometime around 850 a group of Buddhist pilgrims travelling through a valley near Roopkund (modern India) were killed when caught out in the open in a sudden hailstorm. Their remains were discovered in 1942.
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
Religion

851

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By place

Asia
Britain
China
  • Suleiman al-Tajir, Muslim merchant and traveller, visits China during the Tang Dynasty. He observes the manufacturing of Chinese porcelain at Guangzhou, and writes of his admiration for its transparent quality. Suleiman also describes the mosque at Guangzhou, its granaries, its local government administration, some of its written records, and the treatment of travellers, along with the use of ceramics, rice wine, and tea (approximate date).
Europe

By topic

Religion

852

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By place

Europe
Britain
  • A Viking fleet of 350 vessels enters the Thames Estuary before turning north, and engages the Mercian forces under King Beorhtwulf. The Mercians are defeated, and retreat to their settlements. The Vikings then turn south and cross the river somewhere in Surrey; there they are slaughtered by a West Saxon army, led by King Æthelwulf and his son Aethelbald, at Oak Field (Aclea).[8]
  • King Æthelstan, the eldest son of Æthelwulf, is killed by a Viking raiding party. He is succeeded by his brother Æthelberht, who becomes sub-king of Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex (approximate date).
  • Beorhtwulf dies after a 12-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Burgred as king of Mercia.
Al-Andalus

By topic

Aviation
  • According to a 17th century account, the Andalusian inventor Abbas ibn Firnas makes a tower jump in Córdoba. He wraps himself with vulture feathers and attaches two wings to his arms. The alleged attempt to fly is not recorded in earlier sources and is ultimately unsuccessful, but the garment slows his fall enough that he only sustains minor injuries.
Religion

853

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By place

Byzantine Empire
Europe
Britain
China

By topic

Religion

854

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By place

Europe
Britain

By topic

Religion

855

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By place

Byzantine Empire
Central Europe
Britain
Abbasid Caliphate

By topic

Religion

856

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By place

Byzantine Empire
Europe
Britain

By topic

Geology

857

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By place

Byzantine Empire
Europe

By topic

Medicine

858

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By place

Europe
Britain
Asia

By topic

Religion

859

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By place

Europe
Iberian Peninsula
Africa
China
Syria

Significant people

Births

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Deaths

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852

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854

855

856

857

858

Emperor Montoku

859

References

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  2. ^ Laurent 1919, pp. 117–118, 122.
  3. ^ Ter-Ghewondyan 1976, pp. 42–43.
  4. ^ Paul Hill (2009): The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 14. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5.
  5. ^ Smith, Julia M. H. Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians. Cambridge University Press: 1992.
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  7. ^ Higounet, 39 n57.
  8. ^ Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 14. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5
  9. ^ Bury 1912, pp. 292–293.
  10. ^ Goldberg 2006, p. 242.
  11. ^ Chronique de Saint-Maixent, p. 59. "Gaubert, comte du Maine tomba dans une embuscade des Nantais et fut tué".
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  24. ^ Stevenson 1904, p. 186.
  25. ^ a b Treadgold 1997, pp. 450–451.
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