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[[File:9705 - Milano - S. Ambrogio - Tesoro - Tomba di Bernardo & arc. Anselmo I - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 25-Apr-2007.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Fresco of king [[Bernard of Italy]] (797–818)]]
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Year '''818''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] ([[link to 818 (Julian calendar)#Julian calendar]]) of the [[Julian calendar]]. The designation "818" for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] calendar era became the dominant method of naming years in Europe.
== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
Vikings, identified as the [[Rus' people]] (a group of [[Norsemen]]), plunder the northern coast of [[Anatolia]] (modern-day [[Turkey]]), marking the first recorded raid of Rus' people on Byzantine territory.<ref>Dr. Kathryn Tsai. ''A Timeline of Eastern Church History''. Divine Ascent Press, Point Reyes Station, CA, 2004, p. 153.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[April 17]] &ndash; King [[Bernard of Italy]], illegitimate son of [[Pepin of Italy]], is tried and condemned to death by Emperor [[Louis the Pious|Louis I]]. The Kingdom of [[Italy]] is reabsorbed into the [[Francia|Frankish Empire]]. 
The Slavs known as the [[Timočani]], living along the [[Timok (river)|Timok River]], end their alliance with the [[Bulgars]].. Duke [[Ljudevit (Lower Pannonia)|Ljudevit]] of the [[Slavs in Lower Pannonia]] sends emissaries to Louis I, to assert his independence from the [[Franks]].<ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|page=107}}</ref>
* [[Al-Andalus]]: A grave rebellion breaks out in the [[suburb]]s of [[Córdoba, Spain|Cordoba]], against the [[Emirate of Córdoba]]. Andalucian [[Arabs|Arab]] refugees arrive in [[Fes|Fez]] (modern [[Morocco]]).<ref name=picard2000>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=40}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* The [[Anglo-Saxons]], led by King [[Coenwulf of Mercia]], raid [[Dyfed]] in [[Wales]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* Beginning of the [[Lemro River|Lemro period]]: The [[Rakhine State#Independent kingdom|Sambawa and Pyinsa Kingdoms]] are founded in present-day [[Myanmar]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Theodulf]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Orléans|Orléans]], is deposed and imprisoned, after becoming involved in a conspiracy with Bernard of Italy.
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== Births ==
* [[Abu Dawood|Abu Dawud]], Muslim [[hadith]] compiler (or [[817]])
* [[Al-Fath ibn Khaqan]], Muslim governor (or 817)
* [[Ariwara no Yukihira]], Japanese governor (d. [[893]])
* [[Pepin I, Count of Vermandois|Pepin]], [[count of Vermandois]] (approximate date)
* [[Sahl al-Tustari]], Persian [[Scholarship|scholar]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Bernard of Italy]], king of the [[Lombards]] (b. [[797]])
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Ermengarde of Hesbaye|Ermengarde]], queen of the [[Francia|Franks]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitney |first1=James Pounder |last2=Gwatkin |first2=Henry Melvill |title=The Cambridge Medieval History: Maps III. Germany and the Western Empire. 3 |date=1922 |publisher=Plantagenet Publishing |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exuwlXT-ys0C&pg=PT23 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Al-Fadl ibn Sahl]], Persian [[vizier]]
* [[Ali al-Ridha]], 8th [[Imamah (Shia doctrine)|Shia Imam]] (b. [[766]])
* [[Cernach mac Congalaig]], king of [[Kings of Brega|Brega]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Clement of Ireland|Clement]], Irish scholar and [[saint]]
* [[Felix (Bishop of Urgell)|Felix]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell|Urgell]] ([[Spain]])
* [[García I Jiménez of Gascony|García I Jiménez]], duke of [[Duchy of Gascony|Gascony]]
* [[Hildebold of Cologne|Hildebold]], [[archbishop of Cologne]]
* [[Michael of Synnada|Michael the Confessor]], bishop of [[Synnada in Phrygia|Synnada]]
* [[Morman]], chieftain and king of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]] 
* [[Muiredach mac Brain]], king of [[Leinster]] (Ireland) 
* [[Theophanes the Confessor]], Byzantine [[monk]] (or 817)
* [[Quan Deyu]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (b. [[759]])
* [[Yahya ibn Adam]], Islamic scholar
* [[Yuan Zi]], general of the Tang dynasty (b. [[739]])

== References ==
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