Arabs land in Sicily
The start of the Aghlabids' 75-year conquest of the island
In June 827 an Aghlabid army landed at Mazara, taking advantage of the revolt of the Byzantine admiral Euphemius. Palermo fell in 831 and became the capital of Muslim Sicily, while Taormina, the last major Byzantine stronghold, held out until 902.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Asia
- 802 Founding of the Khmer Empire — 25 years earlier
- c. 850 Prambanan — 23 years later
Alive at the time
- Louis the Pious (aged 49)
- Al-Khwarizmi (aged 47)
- Charles the Bald (aged 4)
- Al-Kindi (aged 26)