Events from the 9th century in, or regarding, Historic Serbia or Serbs.

9th century in Serbia
Key events:
Chronology:

Monarchs

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The following, of the Vlastimirović dynasty, ruled Serbia:

Events

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  • 805
  • around 814
    • Višeslav is succeeded by his son Radoslav.
  • 818
    • Braničevci and Timočani, together with other tribes of the frontier, revolted and seceded from Omurtag's Bulgaria because of an administrative reform that deprived them of much of their local authority.[2][3] They left the association (societas) of the Bulgarian Empire and sought, together with many other Slavic tribes, protection from Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious, meeting him at his court at Herstal.[4]
  • 819–822
    • Ljudevit Posavski leads an uprising against the Franks (819). According to the Royal Frankish Annals, (written 822), Ljudevit went from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs somewhere in western Balkans – the Serbs are mentioned as reportedly holding the great/large part of Dalmatia ("Sorabos, quae natio magnam Dalmatiae partem obtinere dicitur").[5][6][7][8]
  • around 822
    • Radoslav is succeeded by his son Prosigoj.
  • 822
    • Braničevci and Timočani and other frontier tribes come under Frankish rule.[9]
  • In 823
  • 824–827
    • Timok and Branicevo would be of dispute between the Franks and Bulgars, the Khan sent embassies in 824 and 826 seeking to settle the border dispute, but was neglected.[11][12] The Bulgarian Empire subsequently annex the region again.
  • 827
    • Omurtag invades Frankish Croatia using boats sailing from the Danube up the Drave, spreading destruction. The Slavs and other tribes on its banks were cowed into submission, and agreed to accept Bulgar governors.[13]
  • by 836
    • It is thought that the rapid extension of Bulgars over Slavs to the south prompted the Serbs to unite into a state under Vlastimir.[14]
    • Vlastimir united several Serbian tribes,[15] and Emperor Theophilos (r. 829–842) probably granted the Serbs independence,[16] thus the Serbs acknowledged nominal overlordship of the Emperor.[14]
  • ca 839
    • In c. 839 Doge of Venice Pietro Tradonico headed with a large fleet towards the Narentines. They subsequently made peace and renewed a treaty, that would stop the piracy against the Republic of Venice.[17] They however, shortly thereafter, plundered the Venetian borders under the leadership of Uneslav and Diodor.[18] Ljudislav, the Narentine ruler that defeated Doge Pietro in 840, was possibly a co-ruler or successor of Drosaico.[19]
  • 839–842
    • Khan Presian I of Bulgaria[20] (r. 836–852) invades Serbian territory between 839–842 (see Bulgarian–Serbian Wars). The invasion led to a 3-year war, Vlastimir was victorious;[21] Khan Presian made no territorial gain, was heavily defeated and lost many of his men as the Serbs had a tactical advantage in the hills,[22] Presian was driven out by the army of Vlastimir.[23] The war ended with the death of Theophilos in 842, which released Vlastimir from his obligations to the Byzantine Empire.[24]
  • after 842, before 846
  • after 847
    • Soon after 846, with the end of the Thirty Years’ truce, Malamir (or Presian) invaded the regions of the Struma and the Nestos, Empress-Regent Theodora answered by attacking Thracian Bulgaria.[22] A brief peace was concluded, then Malamir proceeded to invade Macedonia.[14][22] The Bulgarians soon annexed Ohrid, Bitola and Devol.[23]
  • 847/848
  • ca 850
  • 853/854
    • The Bulgar Army led by Vladimir, the son of Boris I of Bulgaria, invaded Serbia in an attempt for vengeance for the previous defeat of Presian 839–842 against Vlastimir. The Serbian Army was led by Mutimir and his brothers, which defeated the Bulgars, capturing Vladimir and 12 boyars.[30] Boris I and Mutimir agreed on peace (and perhaps an alliance[30]), and Mutimir sent his sons Pribislav and Stefan to the border to escort the prisoners, where they exchanged items as a sign of peace, Boris himself gave them "rich gifts", while he was given "two slaves, two falcons, two dogs, and 80 furs".[31]
  • before 869
  • 869
  • By 871
    • Serbia is accounted Christian as of about 870.[34]
  • after 871, before 878
  • between 870–874
    • Petar, the son of Gojnik, is born.
  • after 870, before 891
    • An internal conflict among the dynastic brothers resulted in Mutimir banishing the two younger brothers to the Bulgarian court.[30][37] He kept Petar in his court, for political reasons.[38] Petar soon fled to Croatia.[37] The reason of the feud is not known, however, it is postulated that it was a result of treachery.[38]
  • By 878
  • 878
  • 891
  • 892
    • Pribislav only ruled for a year when Petar returned in 892, defeating him in battle and seizing the throne, Pribislav fled to Croatia with his brothers Bran and Stefan.[30]
  • 894
  • 896
    • In 896, Klonimir returns from Bulgaria, backed by Tsar Boris, and invades Serbia, taking the important stronghold Dostinika (Drsnik, in Klina[42][43]). Klonimir was defeated and killed.[44]
  • ca 896
  • Second half of the 9th century
    • The seal of Strojimir (died between 880–896), the brother of Mutimir, was bought by the Serbian state in an auction in Germany. The seal has a Patriarchal cross in the center and Greek inscriptions that say: "God, help Strojimir (CTPOHMIP)".[49][50]
    • Hvalimir Belojević holds Travunia.

References

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  1. ^ Académie des sciences de Bulgarie, Institut d'histoire, 1966, Études historiques, p. 66, Google Books
  2. ^ The Macedonian question: the struggle for southern Serbia
  3. ^ The South Slav journal
  4. ^ "ПОЛИТИЧЕСКО ИЗДИГАНЕ НА БЪЛГАРСКОТО ХАНСТВО ПРЕЗ ПЪРВАТА ПОЛОВИНА НА IХВ". Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  5. ^ Eginhartus de vita et gestis Caroli Magni, p. 192: footnote J10
  6. ^ Serbian Studies. Vol. 2–3. North American Society for Serbian Studies. 1982. p. 29. ...the Serbs, a people that is said to hold a large part of Dalmatia
  7. ^ Dutton, Paul Edward (1993). Carolingian Civilization: A Reader. Broadview Press. p. 181. ISBN 9781551110035. ...who are said to hold a great part of Dalmatia
  8. ^ Djokić, Dejan (2023). A Concise History of Serbia. Cambridge University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9781107028388. 'a people that is said to hold a large part of Dalmatia'. This was a reference to the ancient Roman province of Dalmatia, which extended deep into the western Balkan interior, from the eastern Adriatic coast to the valleys of the Ibar and Sava Rivers.
  9. ^ The Turks: Early ages
  10. ^ Prospetto cronologico della storia della Dalmazia: con riguardo alle provincie slave contermini, p. 86
  11. ^ Etudes historiques: A l'occasion du XIII Congrés international des sciences historiques
  12. ^ The early medieval Balkans
  13. ^ Einhard, p. 216.
  14. ^ a b c Bury 2008, p. 372
  15. ^ L. Kovacevic & L. Jovanovic, Историја српскога народа, Belgrade, 1894, Book 2, p. 38—39
  16. ^ S. Stanojevic, Историја српскога народа, Belgrade, 1910, p. 46—47
  17. ^ MacFarlane, p. 81
  18. ^ The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 87
  19. ^ Ferdo Šišić, Povijest hrvata u vrijeme narodnih vladara
  20. ^ Fine 1991, p. 108
  21. ^ a b Fine 1991, p. 110
  22. ^ a b c Runciman 1930, p. 88
  23. ^ a b Известия за българите, p. 42—43
  24. ^ a b c Houtsma 1993, p. 199
  25. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica: a new survey of universal knowledge, Volume 20, p. 341: "the eastern provinces (Branichevo, Morava, Timok, Vardar, Podrimlye) were occupied by the Bulgars."
  26. ^ Živković, "Vlastimir"-section
  27. ^ (Božidar Ferjančić), „Vizantijski izvori za istoriju naroda Jugoslavije II“ (fototipsko izdanje originala iz 1959), Beograd, 2007. ISBN 978-86-83883-08-0 (str. 62)
  28. ^ Grupa autora, „Istorija srpskog naroda I“ , Beograd, 1981. (str. 148)
  29. ^ Gy Moravcsik; Ruby Johnson Jenkins (1967). Constantine Porphyrogenitus: De Administrando Imperio. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-88402-021-9.
  30. ^ a b c d e The early medieval Balkans, p. 141
  31. ^ Southeastern Europe
  32. ^ a b De Administrando Imperio, ch. 29 [Of Dalmatia and of the adjacent nations in it]: "...the majority of these Slavs [Serbs, Croats] were not even baptized, and remained unbaptized for long enough. But in the time of Basil, the Christ-loving emperor, they sent diplomatic agents, begging and praying him that those of them who were unbaptized might receive baptism and that they might be, as they had originally been, subject to the empire of the Romans; and that glorious emperor, of blessed memory, gave ear to them and sent out an imperial agent and priests with him and baptized all of them that were unbaptized of the aforesaid nations..."
  33. ^ a b c d e f g Pokrštavanje Južnih Slovena
  34. ^ a b c The entry of the Slavs into Christendom, p. 208
  35. ^ a b The entry of the Slavs into Christendom, p. 209
  36. ^ Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren
  37. ^ a b The Serbs, p. 15
  38. ^ a b Đekić, Đ. 2009, "Why did prince Mutimir keep Petar Gojnikovic?", Teme, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 683–688. PDF
  39. ^ Ivan Stevovic. "Byzantium, Byzantine Italy and cities on the eastern coast of the Adriatic: The case of Kotor and Dubrovnik" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  40. ^ The early medieval Balkans, p. 150
  41. ^ Longworth, Philip (1997), The making of Eastern Europe: from prehistory to postcommunism (1997 ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, p. 321, ISBN 0-312-17445-4
  42. ^ Relja Novakovic, Gde se nalazila Srbija od VII do X veka (Where Serbia was situated from the 7th to 10th centuries) [Serbia, Belgrade: Narodna knjiga, 1981], pp. 61–63.
  43. ^ "[Project Rastko] THE HISTORY OF SERBIAN CULTURE - Vojislav Korac: Architecture in medieval Serbia".
  44. ^ The early medieval Balkans, p. 154
  45. ^ Pop, Ioan Aurel. Romanians and Romania: A Brief History.
  46. ^ Kristó, Gyula (ed.). Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század).
  47. ^ a b Dragan Brujić, Vodič kroz svet Vizantije – od Konstantina do pada Carigrada, drugo izdanje, Beograd, 2005.
  48. ^ "Grad Vukovar – Povijest". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  49. ^ Arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs
  50. ^ Scribd.com

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