819



Year 819 (DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Europe

 * Spring – Emperor Louis I marries Judith of Bavaria in Aachen. She becomes his second wife and Empress of the Franks. Like many of the royal marriages of the time, Judith is selected through a bridal show.
 * Ljudevit, duke of the Slavs in Lower Pannonia, raises a rebellion against the Frankish Empire. Louis I sends an army led by Cadolah of Friuli, but is defeated by the Pannonian Slavs.
 * Battle of Kupa: Ljudevit defeats the Frankish forces led by Borna, a vassal of Louis I. He escapes with the help of his elite bodyguard. Ljudevit uses the momentum and invades the Duchy of Croatia.
 * Nominoe, a noble Briton, is appointed by Louis I as count of Vannes in Brittany (approximate date).

Abbasid Caliphate

 * August 11 – Caliph Al-Ma'mun returns to Baghdad, securing the city's place as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
 * Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun dismisses Al-Hasan ibn Sahl as governor of al-Iraq.

Births

 * Martianus Hiberniensis, Irish monk and calligrapher (d. 875)

Deaths

 * March 8 – Li Shidao, Chinese warlord
 * Áed Oirdnide, king of Ailech (Ireland)
 * Cadolah, duke of Friuli (Italy)
 * Cairell mac Fiachnai, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
 * Cheng Yi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
 * Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, Arab historian (b. 737)
 * Liu Zongyuan, Chinese poet and official (b. 773)