Year by year · 9th century

811 CE

811 CE in world history: 3 events, 1 birth and 2 deaths. 326 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 26 July

    Emperor Nikephoros I falls in battle against Khan Krum's Bulgarians

    After the Byzantines had burned the Bulgar capital Pliska, Khan Krum's forces trapped their army in a pass of the Balkan Mountains and destroyed almost all of it. Emperor Nikephoros I was killed and his heir Staurakios seriously wounded.

    Nikephoros IByzantine Empire

  2. 2 October

    Michael I Rangabe is proclaimed Byzantine emperor

    A courtier of Nikephoros I who had survived the disastrous campaign against the Bulgars, Michael was preferred over the severely injured Staurakios and proclaimed emperor by Patriarch Nicephorus I. Staurakios was forced to give up his claim.

    Byzantine EmpireNikephoros I
ProfileState231 states with a known seat in 811 CEOpen the atlas at 811 CE →

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Born in 811 CE 1

Died in 811 CE 2

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