By place Byzantine Empire • Emperors
Nikephoros I and
Charlemagne settle their imperial boundaries in the
Adriatic Sea, and sign the
Pax Nicephori ("Peace of Nikephoros"). The Byzantines retain control of the coastal cities and islands in
Dalmatian Croatia, while
Frankish rule is accepted over
Istria and the Dalmatian hinterland.
Venice is recognized as independent by the
Byzantine Empire. • Summer –
Bardanes Tourkos, Byzantine general (
strategos), is proclaimed emperor by the troops of the
Anatolic,
Opsikion,
Thracian and
Bucellarian themes. The 'rebel' army marches to
Chrysopolis, a suburb of
Constantinople. After the defection of two of his trusted
aides, future emperors
Leo the Armenian and
Michael the Amorian, Bardanes negotiates peace.
Europe •
May –
Krum, ruler (
khan) of the
Bulgarian Empire, begins his territorial expansion and raids the Byzantine northern frontier. He leads his warriors — mostly
Bulgars,
Slavs, Thracians and Macedonians — across the
Carpathian Mountains, over the
Danube River, and throughout
Transylvania,
Thrace, and
Macedonia. •
St. Peter Stiftskulinarium, possibly
Central Europe's oldest
restaurant, is founded in
Salzburg, Austria.
Abbasid Caliphate • Caliph
Harun al-Rashid has his friend and vizier (secretary)
Ja'far ibn Yahya beheaded, The surviving members of the influential
Barmakid family (Jafar's family) are imprisoned on the orders of Harun, and their property is
confiscated. •
November -
December: Caliph
Harun al-Rashid marries
Umm Muhammad, the daughter of
Abbasid prince Salih al-Miskin and Umm Abdullah, the daughter of Isa ibn Ali, in Al-raqqah. She had formerly been married to
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, who had repudiated her. • The
803 Mopsuestia earthquake takes place in the vicinity of
Mopsuestia, and the
Gulf of Alexandretta (İskenderun)
By topic Religion •
October 12 – The
Synod of Clofesho (possibly
Brixworth) is held, at which the
Archbishopric of Lichfield is demoted to an ordinary
bishopric, with
papal permission obtained by King
Coenwulf of Mercia. == Births ==