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[[File:Pope Eugene II.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Eugene II]] (824–827)]]
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Year '''824''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By date ===
* [[February 8]] &ndash; The [[Tenchō]] era begins in Japan at the beginning of the reign of the [[Emperor Junna]], bringing an end to the [[Kōnin (era)|Kōnin era]] after 15 years.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tenchō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 958|page=958}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}.</ref>
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Pope Paschal I]], leader of the Roman Catholic Church and ruler of the [[Papal States]],dies after a reign of seven years.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Brien |first1=Richard P. |title=Lives of the Popes |date=2000 |publisher=Harper Collins |location=New York |isbn=0-06-065304-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/livesofpopes00mcbr/page/132 132-133] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/livesofpopes00mcbr/page/132 }}</ref> The Roman Curia refuses to bury him in [[St. Peter's Basilica]] because of his harsh treatment of the people of Rome, and inters him instead in the Basilica of [[Santa Prassede]].<ref>John N.D. Kelly, ''Gran Dizionario Illustrato dei Papi'', p. 272</ref> The office remains vacant for four months before a new conclave is assembled.
* [[February 29]] &ndash; Prince Li Zhan, 14 years old, is enthroned as the [[Emperor Jingzong of Tang|Emperor Jingzong]] of [[Tang dynasty|China]], four days after the death of his father, [[Emperor Muzong of Tang|Emperor Muzong]].<ref name=ZZTJ243>''[[Zizhi Tongjian]]'', [[:zh:s:資治通鑑/卷243|vol. 243]].</ref>
* [[February]] &ndash; A major earthquake strikes [[Byzantium]] in [[Asia Minor]] (now part of western Turkey) and part of [[Greece]], damaging the city walls of [[Panion|Theodosiopolis]] (now Barbaros in Turkey) and [[Perinthus|Heraclea Perinthus]] at the same time that the forces of Byzantine Emperor [[Michael II|Michael II the Amorian]] are suppressing the rebellion by [[Thomas the Slav]]. Both cities surrender after the natural event.<ref>{{cite book |last=Treadgold |first=Warren T. |author-link=Warren Treadgold |title=The Byzantine Revival, 780–842 |location=Stanford, California |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1988 |page=242 |isbn=0-8047-1462-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TysAAAAIAAJ}}</ref>
*[[March 3]] &ndash (9.19.13.15.19) (9th B'ak'tun, 19th K'atun, 13th year (Tun) 15th month (Winal) 19th day (K'in))  [[Maya monarchs#Machaquila|Juun Tsak-Took]] becomes the new [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] of [[Machaquila]] (in what is now [[Guatemala]]), along with co-ruler and Ti-Chaak become the after the death of Sihyaj K'in Ich’aak II. Juun Tsak-Tookwill until his [[840]].
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Adelard of Spoleto|Adelard]] becomes the new [[Duke of Spoleto]] upon the death of his father, [[Suppo I]], who ruled much of Italy including [[Brescia]], [[Parma]], [[Piacenza]], [[Modena]], and [[Bergamo]].<ref>Wickham, Chris. ''Early Medieval Italy: Central Power and Local Society 400-1000''. MacMillan Press: 1981</ref> Adelard reigns for only five months before dying in August.
* [[May]] &ndash; In Constantinople and throughout the Byzantine Empire, Michael II celebrates the [[Roman triumph|festival of Triumph]] to mark his return to the capital after defeating the rebellion of Thomas the Slav<ref>.{{cite book|last=Bury|first=J. B.|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)|publisher=Macmillan and Company |year=1912|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryeastern00burygoog|pages=104–105 |oclc=458995052}}</ref><ref>Warren Treadgold, ''The Byzantine Revival, 780–842'' (Stanford University Press, 1988, p. 242. ISBN 978-0-8047-1462-4.</ref>
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene II]] is selected by church leaders and the local nobility of the Papal States as the 99th  Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Paschal I, receiving a majority after the more conservative Zinzinnus is rejected.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.stsmarthaandmary.org/popes/Eugene%20II.htm| title = "Brusher, S.J., Joseph. "Eugene II - the Reformer", ''Popes Through the Ages''}}</ref>
* [[September]] &ndash; Rebellious Arab troops in North Africa, led by Mansur ibn Nasr al-Tunbudhi in a battle against the [[Aghlabid dynasty|Aghlabids]], led by the Emir [[Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya|Ziyadat Allah]], invade and occupy the city of [[Tunis]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kennedy |first=Hugh |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Sk_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA47 |title=The Aghlabids and Their Neighbors: Art and Material Culture in Ninth-Century North Africa |publisher=Brill |year=2018 |isbn=978-90-04-35566-8 |editor-last=Anderson |editor-first=Glaire D. |pages=47 |language=en |chapter=The Origins of the Aghlabids |editor2-last=Fenwick |editor2-first=Corisande |editor3-last=Rosser-Owen |editor3-first=Mariam}}</ref>  
* [[November 11]] &ndash; The ''[[Constitutio Romana]]'', drawn up between King [[Lothair I of Italy]], [[Louis the Pious]], since 817, and [[Pope Eugene II]], establishes the authority of the [[Holy Roman Emperor]]s over the papacy of [[Rome]].<ref>Marios Costambeys, Power and Patronage in Early Medieval Italy (Cambridge: 2007), 342–343.</ref>

=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Battle of Roncevaux Pass (824)|Battle of Roncevaux Pass]]: The [[Basque people|Basques]] and [[Banu Qasi]] defeat a Frankish expedition, led by Counts [[Aznar Sánchez of Gascony|Aznar]] and [[Aeblus|Ebles]], in the [[Pyrenees]].
* [[Iñigo Arista]] revolts against the [[Francia|Frankish Empire]], and establishes the [[Kingdom of Pamplona]], with the support of the [[Caliphate of Córdoba]].
* Vikings raid Ireland, on the [[Kingdom of Munster]] at [[Skellig Michael]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Ireland's History in Maps (800 AD) |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/ire800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709153308/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/ire800.htm |archive-date=9 July 2014 |publisher=Dennis Walsh}} Retrieved on 26 July 2017.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* [[Vikings]] raid [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] (modern [[Wales]]) for the second time, and plunder the [[Diocese|bishopric]] (approximate date).

==== Japan ====
* [[Zenpuku-ji]], one of the oldest [[Tokyo]] temples, is founded by the Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] monk [[Kūkai]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Pope Paschal I]] dies after a 7-year reign, and is succeeded by [[Pope Eugene II|Eugene II]], as the 99th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
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== Births ==
* [[Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi|Al-Tirmidhi]], Persian [[Ulama|scholar]] and [[hadith]] compiler (d. [[892]])
* [[Chen Tao (poet)|Chen Tao]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (d. [[882]])
* [[Ibn Majah]], Persian scholar and hadith compiler
* [[Li Pu]], prince of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[828]])
* [[Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir|Muhammad ibn Abdallah]], Muslim governor (or [[825]])
* [[Zhao Chou]], Chinese [[warlord]] (d. [[889]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Pope Paschal I|Paschal I]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]]
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Suppo I]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Emperor Heizei|Heizei]], emperor of [[Japan]] (b. [[773]])
* [[Adelard of Spoleto|Adelard]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]] ([[Italy]])
* [[Han Yu]], Chinese [[philosopher]] and poet (b. [[768]])
* [[Mauring, Duke of Spoleto|Mauring]], Frankish nobleman
* [[Emperor Muzong of Tang|Mu Zong]], emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. [[795]])
* [[Óengus of Tallaght]], Irish [[bishop]] 
* [[Ruthmael]], Irish [[abbot]] and bishop
* [[Sayyida Nafisa]], Arab female scholar (b. [[762]])
* [[Wetti of Reichenau]], German scholar
* [[Zhang Hongjing]], Chinese [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] (b. [[760]])

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