Peoples & MigrationThe 9th century

Peoples & Migration in the 9th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged peoples and migration — settlement, movement and displacement, narrowed to the 9th century — 6 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 800 to 895. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
6
Nations
5
Earliest
800
Latest
895
Europe
4
Asia
1
North America
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. North America

    Nicaragua

    Nicarao and Chorotega settle the Pacific lowlands

    Nahua-speaking Nicarao and Oto-Manguean Chorotega establish chiefdoms in western Nicaragua, farming the volcanic lowlands around Lakes Managua and Nicaragua.

    Era: Indigenous Peoples of the Isthmus

    Sources: Nicarao (people) · Encyclopædia Britannica, Nicaragua · Encyclopædia Britannica

  2. Asia

    Myanmar

    Decline of the Pyu

    Raids from the Nanzhao kingdom and the southward migration of the Burman people erode Pyu power, clearing the way for the rise of Bagan.

    Era: The Pyu City-States and the Coming of Buddhism

    Sources: History of Myanmar · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pagan kingdom · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Europe

    Sweden

    The Rus and the eastern river routes

    Swedish Norsemen, called Varangians or Rus, opened and dominated the river trade routes east through Ladoga and Novgorod toward Constantinople and Baghdad, exchanging furs, silver and slaves.

    Era: Vikings, Birka and the Coming of Christianity

    Sources: Birka and Hovgården · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Sweden: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Europe

    Iceland

    The Landnám (Age of Settlement)

    Within roughly sixty years hundreds of Norse settlers, many by way of the Norse colonies in the British Isles, claimed Iceland's habitable land, as recorded in Íslendingabók and Landnámabók.

    Era: The Settlement and the Icelandic Commonwealth

    Sources: The Discovery and Settlement of Iceland · Encyclopedia.com, Iceland: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. Europe

    Iceland

    Ingólfr Arnarson settles Reykjavík

    By tradition the first permanent settler, Ingólfr Arnarson, came from Norway around 874 and established his homestead at the site he named Reykjavík, opening the age of settlement, the Landnám.

    Era: The Settlement and the Icelandic Commonwealth

    Sources: Ingólfur Arnarson · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Discovery and Settlement of Iceland · Encyclopedia.com, Iceland: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  6. Europe

    Hungary

    The Magyar conquest (Honfoglalás)

    Seven Magyar tribes under the chieftain Árpád crossed the Carpathians and seized the Carpathian Basin, founding the Árpád dynasty and the settlement that gave rise to the Hungarian state.

    Era: The Magyar Conquest and the Christian Kingdom

    Sources: Árpád, ruler of Hungary · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Árpád dynasty · Encyclopaedia Britannica