Editing 828

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[[File:Pārameśvaratantra (Camb. Univ. Lib. MS Add.1049.1).jpg|thumb|One of the oldest known dated [[Sanskrit]] manuscripts from [[South Asia]], this specimen transmits a substantial portion of ''Pārameśvaratantra'', a scripture of the [[Shaiva Siddhanta]], that taught the worship of [[Shiva]] as ''[[Parameshvara (epithet)|Pārameśvara]]'' ("Supreme Lord"). A note in the manuscript states that it was copied in the year 252, which some scholars judge to be of the era established by the Nepalese king [[Amshuverma|Amśuvaran]], therefore corresponding to 828 CE. [[Cambridge University Library]]]]
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Year '''828''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Siege of Syracuse (827–828)|Siege of Syracuse]]: The Muslims under [[Asad ibn al-Furat]] defeat a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] relief army sent from [[Palermo]], and backed by a [[Venice|Venetian]] fleet led by [[Giustiniano Participazio]]. Al-Furat decides to break off the [[siege]] at [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], as his forces suffer greatly from lack of [[food]]. Later he dies during an outbreak of an [[epidemic]]. 
* Summer &ndash; [[Euphemius (Sicily)|Euphemius]], Byzantine admiral, is murdered by emissaries from the Byzantine [[garrison]] at [[Enna|Castrogiovanni]], which is besieged by the Muslims. Threatened by Byzantine reinforcements arriving from [[Constantinople]], the survivors burn their ships and retreat overland westward to [[Mazara del Vallo]].<ref>Treadgold (1988), pp. 253–254.</ref><ref>Vasiliev (1935), pp. 83–84.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[Al-Andalus]]: The city of [[Mérida, Spain|Merida]] (modern [[Spain]]) rises twice in one year against the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] Emirate.<ref name=rucquoi1993>{{cite book|last=Rucquoi|first=Adeline|title=Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique|year=1993|publisher=Seuil|location=Paris|isbn=2-02-012935-3|page=86}}</ref>
* [[Kydonia]], on the northwest coast of [[Crete]], is destroyed by [[Saracens|Saracen]] pirates (approximate date).
* [[Alcamo]] in Sicily is founded by the Muslim commander al-Kamuk (approximate date).

==== China ====
* In the capital of [[Chang'an]], a powerful court [[eunuch]] orders 50 [[wrestler]]s to arrest 300 commoners over a land property dispute in [[Chang'an#Northwest Chang'an|Northwest Chang'an]], whereupon a [[riot]] breaks out in the streets.

==== North America ====
* The occupation of [[Pueblo Bonito]] begins.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Relic]]s of [[Mark the Evangelist]] are stolen from [[Alexandria]] (controlled by the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]) by two Venetian [[merchant]]s, and brought to [[Venice]].<ref>Donald M. Nicol, ''Byzantium and Venice: A study in diplomatic and cultural relations'' (Cambridge: University Press, 1988), p. 24.</ref>
* At the instigation of [[Adalram]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Salzburg|Salzburg]], the first Christian [[Church (building)|church]] in Central and [[Eastern Europe]] is built in [[Nitra]], [[Pannonia]].<ref name=Klein>Klein, "Adalram".</ref>
* A [[Copts|Coptic]] revolt breaks out in [[Egypt]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Ali al-Hadi]], 10th [[Shia Imam]]
* [[Al-Dinawari]], [[Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world|astronomer]] and [[Linguistic|grammarian]] (d. [[889]])
* [[Carloman of Bavaria]], Frankish king (or [[830]])
* [[Ibn Qutaybah]], Muslim [[Scholarly method|scholar]] (d. 889)
* [[Yantou Quanhuo]], Chinese [[Chan Buddhism|Chan]] master (d. [[887]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Asad ibn al-Furat]], Muslim [[jurist]] and [[Theology|theologian]] (b. [[759]])
* [[Euphemius (Sicily)|Euphemius]], Byzantine admiral and [[usuper]]
* [[Ibn Hisham]], Muslim historian (or [[833]])
* [[Idriss II]], Muslim [[emir]] of [[Morocco]] (b. [[791]]) <ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 28.</ref>
* [[Nikephoros I of Constantinople|Nikephoros I]], patriarch of [[Constantinople]]
* [[Talha ibn Tahir]], Muslim governor

== References ==
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