818


Year 818 was a common year starting on Friday 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

By place

Byzantine Empire

Vikings, identified as the Rus' people, plunder the northern coast of Anatolia, marking the first recorded raid of Rus' people on Byzantine territory.

Europe

The Slavs known as the Timočani, living along the Timok River, end their alliance with the Bulgars. Duke Ljudevit of the Slavs in Lower Pannonia sends emissaries to Louis I, to assert his independence from the Franks.

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