Editing 822

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[[File:Louis the Pious.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Louis the Pious|Louis I]] doing [[penance]] at [[Attigny, Ardennes|Attigny]]]]
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Year '''822''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Byzantine general and usurper [[Thomas the Slav]] continues his revolt against Emperor [[Michael II]]. He unsuccessfully besieges [[Constantinople]], while his fleet is destroyed by Michael's fleet, using [[Greek fire]]. 
* [[Battle of Kedouktos]] (near [[Marmara Ereğlisi|Heraclea]]): Khan [[Omurtag of Bulgaria]] sends a relief army, and defeats the Byzantine rebels.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bury|first=John Bagnell|authorlink=J.B. Bury|title=A History of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I (A.D. 802–867)|location=London |publisher=Macmillan and Company|year=1912|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryeastern00burygoog|oclc=458995052|pages=101–102}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lemerle|first=Paul|authorlink=Paul Lemerle|chapter=Thomas le Slave|title=Travaux et mémoires 1|location=Paris |publisher=Centre de recherche d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance|year =1965|language=French |oclc=457007063| pages=279–281, 291}}</ref><ref>{{The Byzantine Revival, 780–842| page=240}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* Emperor [[Louis the Pious|Louis I]] performs public [[penance]] for causing his nephew [[Bernard of Italy|Bernard]]'s death 4 years earlier, at his palace of [[Attigny, Ardennes|Attigny]] ([[Ardennes (department)|Ardennes]]), before [[Pope Paschal I]], and the [[Francia|Frankish]] nobles (this to restore harmony and re-establish his authority).<ref>McKitterick, Rosamond, ''The New Cambridge History'', 700-900.</ref>
* The earliest known mention of the [[Serbs]], in [[Einhard]]'s ''[[Royal Frankish Annals]]''.

==== Britain ====
* King [[Ceolwulf I of Mercia]] invades [[Powys]] ([[Wales]]), but is beaten back by King [[Cyngen ap Cadell|Cyngen]]. However, Ceolwulf does destroy the fortress of [[Deganwy Castle|Deganwy]], and later takes the kingdom under his control (approximate date).

==== Al-Andalus ====
* [[Al-Hakam I]], Umayyad [[emir]] of [[Emirate of Córdoba|Córdoba]], dies after a 26-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [[Abd ar-Rahman II|Abd al-Rahman II]], who begins a military campaign against King [[Alfonso II of Asturias]] in [[Al-Andalus]] (modern [[Spain]]).

==== Asia ====
* [[Kim Hŏn-ch'ang]] launches a short-lived rebellion in [[Later Silla|Silla]], which gains control over much of the southern and western [[Korean Peninsula]].

==== Central America ====
* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Ukit Took]] becomes the last ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]]n city-state [[Copán]] (modern [[Guatemala]]).  After his death in [[830]], the kingdom is wiped out, most likely from an epidemic.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Rabanus Maurus]], a Frankish [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monk, becomes [[abbot]] of [[Fulda monastery|Fulda]], after the death of [[Eigil of Fulda|Eigil]].
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== Births ==
* [[Al-Mutawakkil]], Muslim [[caliph]] (d. [[861]])
* [[Ibn Abi Asim]], Muslim [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] scholar (or [[821]])
* [[Minamoto no Tōru]], Japanese [[Japanese poetry|poet]] (d. [[895]])
* [[Xuefeng Yicun]], Chinese [[Chan Buddhism|Chan]] master (d. [[908]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[Saichō]], Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] monk (b. [[AD 767|767]])
* [[Al-Hakam I]], Muslim [[emir]] of [[Emirate of Córdoba|Córdoba]] (b. [[771]])
* [[Al-Waqidi]], Muslim historian and [[Prophetic biography|biographer]]
* [[Denebeorht]], [[bishop of Worcester]]
* [[Eigil of Fulda]], Bavarian [[abbot]] 
* [[Gregory Pterotos]], Byzantine general (''[[Strategos#Byzantine use|strategos]]'')
* [[Kim Hŏn-ch'ang]], Silla [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocrat]] and rebel leader
* [[Li Yijian]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] (b. [[756]])
* [[Tahir ibn Husayn]], founder of the [[Tahirid dynasty|Tahirid Dynasty]]
* [[Tian Bu]], general of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (b. [[785]])
* [[Winiges of Spoleto|Winiges]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]] ([[Italy]])

== References ==
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