Editing 803

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[[File:Territorial expansion during the reign of Khan Krum (803-814).png|upright=1.35|thumb|Territorial expansion of [[Krum]] (803–814)]]
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Year '''803''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== 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 [[Francia|Frankish]] rule is accepted over [[Istria]] and the Dalmatian hinterland.<ref>Florin Curta: Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250, p. 135.</ref> [[Venice]] is recognized as independent by the [[Byzantine Empire under the Nikephorian dynasty|Byzantine Empire]].
* Summer &ndash; [[Bardanes Tourkos]], Byzantine general (''[[Strategos#Byzantine use|strategos]]''), is proclaimed emperor by the troops of the [[Anatolic Theme|Anatolic]], [[Opsikion]], [[Thracesian Theme|Thracian]] and [[Bucellarian Theme|Bucellarian]] themes. The 'rebel' army marches to [[Üsküdar#Chrysopolis|Chrysopolis]], a suburb of [[Constantinople]]. After the defection of two of his trusted [[Aide-de-camp|aide]]s, future emperors [[Leo V the Armenian|Leo the Armenian]] and [[Michael II|Michael the Amorian]], Bardanes negotiates peace.

==== Europe ====
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Krum]], ruler ([[Khan (title)|khan]]) of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|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|Danube River]], and throughout [[Transylvania]], [[Thrace]], and [[Macedonia (theme)|Macedonia]].
* [[St. Peter Stiftskulinarium]], possibly [[Central Europe]]'s oldest [[restaurant]], is founded in [[Salzburg, Austria]].<ref>[http://www.mytravelguide.com/restaurants/profile-79557805-Austria_Salzburg_Stiftskeller_St_Peter.html MYTravelGuide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714144619/http://www.mytravelguide.com/restaurants/profile-79557805-Austria_Salzburg_Stiftskeller_St_Peter.html |date=July 14, 2011 }} Stifskeller St Peter.</ref>

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* Caliph [[Harun al-Rashid]] has his friend and vizier (secretary) [[Ja'far ibn Yahya]] [[Capital punishment|beheaded]], The surviving members of the influential [[Barmakid]] family (Jafar's family) are imprisoned on the orders of Harun, and their property is [[Confiscation|confiscated]].
* Marriage of caliph [[Harun al-Rashid]] and [[Umm Muhammad bint Salih|Umm Muhammad]]; She was the daughter of [[Abbasid dynasty|Abbasid]] prince Salih al-Miskin and Umm Abdullah, the daughter of Isa ibn Ali. They married in November–December 803 in Al-Raqqah. She had formerly been married to [[Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi]], who had repudiated her.{{sfn|al-Tabari|Bosworth|1989|p=326}}
* The [[803 Mopsuestia earthquake]] takes place in the vicinity of [[Mopsuestia]], and the [[Gulf of Alexandretta]] (İskenderun) <ref name="Antonopoulos">Antonopoulos, 1980</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[October 12]] &ndash; The [[Councils of Clovesho#The Council of 803|Synod of Clofesho]] (possibly [[Brixworth]]) is held, at which the [[Bishop of Lichfield|Archbishopric of Lichfield]] is demoted to an ordinary [[Diocese|bishopric]], with [[Pope|papal]] permission obtained by King [[Coenwulf of Mercia]].
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== Births ==
* [[Du Mu]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] and official (d. [[852]])
* [[Hemma|Emma of Altdorf]], Frankish queen and wife of King [[Louis the German]] of East Francia (died 876)
* [[Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam]], Muslim historian (d. [[871]])
* [[Liu Congjian]], Chinese governor (d. [[843]])

== Deaths ==
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Higbald of Lindisfarne|Higbald]], bishop of [[Lindisfarne]]
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Irene of Athens]], Byzantine empress
* [[Ja'far ibn Yahya]], Persian [[vizier]] (b. [[AD 767|767]])
* [[Kardam of Bulgaria|Kardam]], ruler ([[Khan (title)|khan]]) of [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgaria]] (or [[802]])

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book |last1=al-Tabari |first1=Muhammad Ibn Yarir |last2=Bosworth |first2=Clifford Edmund |title=The History of al-Tabari Vol. 30: The 'Abbasid Caliphate in Equilibrium: The Caliphates of Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169-193 |publisher=State University of New York Press |series=Bibliotheca Persica |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-88706-564-4}}
* {{citation | last1=Antonopoulos | first1= J.  | title=''Data from investigation of seismic Sea waves events in the Eastern Mediterranean from 500 to 1000 A.D.'' | year=1980 | publisher=Annals of Geophysics | url =https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/viewFile/4702/4786}}

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