852
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This article is about the year 852. For the number, see 852 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 820s 830s 840s – 850s – 860s 870s 880s |
| Years: | 849 850 851 – 852 – 853 854 855 |
| 852 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 852 DCCCLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1605 |
| Armenian calendar | 301 ԹՎ ՅԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5602 |
| Bengali calendar | 259 |
| Berber calendar | 1802 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1396 |
| Burmese calendar | 214 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6360–6361 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3548 or 3488 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3549 or 3489 |
| Coptic calendar | 568–569 |
| Discordian calendar | 2018 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 844–845 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4612–4613 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 908–909 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 773–774 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3952–3953 |
| Holocene calendar | 10852 |
| Iranian calendar | 230–231 |
| Islamic calendar | 237–238 |
| Japanese calendar | Ninju 2 (仁寿２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 749–750 |
| Julian calendar | 852 DCCCLII |
| Korean calendar | 3185 |
| Minguo calendar | 1060 before ROC 民前1060年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −616 |
| Seleucid era | 1163/1164 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1394–1395 |
Year 852 (DCCCLII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
By place[edit]
Europe[edit]
- March 4 – Trpimir I, duke (knez) of Croatia, and founder of the Trpimirović dynasty issues a first state document in Bijaći of all Slavonic peoples. In this Latin document Trpimir refers to himself as the "duke of the Croats" (dux Chroatorum) and to his country as the "state of the Croats" (regnum Chroatorum).
- Presian I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, dies after a 23-year reign in which the Bulgarians have expanded into Upper Macedonia and Serbia. He is succeeded by his son Boris I as monarch of Bulgaria.
- Emperor Lothair I and his (half) brother Charles the Bald join forces to remove the Vikings from the island of Oscelles in the River Seine. After this has failed, Charles again pays them tribute (Danegeld).
Britain[edit]
- 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 its remnants 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).[1]
- 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.
Arabian Empire[edit]
- Abd al-Rahman II, Umayyad emir of Córdoba, dies after a 30-year reign in which he has made additions to the Mosque–Cathedral at Córdoba. He is succeeded by his son Muhammad I, who will put down several revolts of the Muladi and Mozarabs in Muslim controlled areas in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).
By topic[edit]
Aviation[edit]
- Abbas ibn Firnas, Muslim physician and inventor, makes a first recorded tower jump in Córdoba. He wraps himself with vulture feathers and attaches two wings to his arms. The alleged attempt to fly is unsuccessful, but the garment slows his fall enough that he only sustains minor injuries.[2]
Religion[edit]
- Gandersheim Abbey in Lower Saxony (modern Germany) is founded by duke Liudolf of Saxony.
Births[edit]
- March 10 – Qian Liu, Chinese warlord and king (d. 932)
- Bořivoj I, duke of Bohemia (approximate date)
- Nicholas I Mystikos, Byzantine patriarch (d. 925)
- Yang Xingmi, Chinese governor and king (d. 905)
- Zhang Quanyi, Chinese warlord (d. 926)
- Zhu Wen, emperor of Later Liang (d. 912)
Deaths[edit]
- Abd al-Rahman II, Muslim emir of Córdoba (b. 792)
- Æthelstan, king of Kent (approximate date)
- Aleran, Frankish count and margrave
- Aurelius and Natalia, Christian martyrs
- Beorhtwulf (Bright Wolf), king of Mercia
- Du Mu, Chinese poet and official (b. 803)
- Fredelo, Frankish count (approximate date)
- Harald Klak, king of Denmark (approximate date)
- Íñigo Arista, king of Pamplona (or 851)
- Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, Muslim imam (or 853)
- Lambert II, Frankish count and prefect
- Li Jue, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Presian I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire
References[edit]
- ^ Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 14. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5
- ^ White 1961, pp. 100–101.
