837
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 800s 810s 820s – 830s – 840s 850s 860s |
| Years: | 834 835 836 – 837 – 838 839 840 |
| 837 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 837 DCCCXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1590 |
| Armenian calendar | 286 ԹՎ ՄՁԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5587 |
| Bengali calendar | 244 |
| Berber calendar | 1787 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1381 |
| Burmese calendar | 199 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6345–6346 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3533 or 3473 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3534 or 3474 |
| Coptic calendar | 553–554 |
| Discordian calendar | 2003 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 829–830 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4597–4598 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 893–894 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 759–760 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3938–3939 |
| Holocene calendar | 10837 |
| Iranian calendar | 215–216 |
| Islamic calendar | 222–223 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa 4 (承和４年) |
| Julian calendar | 837 DCCCXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3170 |
| Minguo calendar | 1075 before ROC 民前1075年 |
| Seleucid era | 1148/1149 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1379–1380 |
Year 837 (DCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos leads an Byzantine expeditionary force (70,000 men) into Mesopotamia. He sacks the cities Arsamosata and Sozopetra — which some sources claim as the birthplace of Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tasim — and forces Melitene to pay tribute.[1]
- The Slavs in the vicinity of Thessaloniki revolt against the Byzantine Empire. Theophilos undertakes a evacuation of some Byzantine captives who are settled in trans-Danubian Bulgaria.
Europe
- Persian I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, sends his prime-minister Isbul against the Smolyani (a Slavic tribe in Byzantine territory near the Struma River). The Bulgarian army campaigns along the Aegean coasts, and conquers most of Thrace and Macedonia including the fortress city of Philippi (see Presian Inscription).[2]
- The city of Naples (modern Italy) is attacked by the Saracens from Egypt demanding an annual payment (approximate date).
Britain
- King Drest IX dies after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by his cousin Eóganan as ruler of the Picts.
By topic
Astronomy
- April 10 – Comet Halley passes approximately 5 million km from Earth, its closest ever approach.
Births
- Al-Muntasir, Muslim caliph (d. 862)
- Baldwin I, margrave of Flanders (approximate date)
Deaths
- Antony I, patriarch of Constantinople
- Drest IX, king of the Picts
- Hugh of Tours, Frankish nobleman
- Oliba I, Frankish nobleman
- Peter of Atroa, Byzantine abbot (b. 773)
References
- ↑ W. Treadgold, A History of the Byzantine State and Society, p. 440
- ↑ John V.A. Fine, Jr. (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, p. 109. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3
