- Europe
Christianity and Carolingian order
As part of the Carolingian frontier, the valleys were integrated into Latin Christendom, with the church of Urgell emerging as the dominant local authority over the centuries that followed.
Era: Charlemagne, the Marca Hispanica and the Bishops of Urgell
Sources: Andorra: History, Facts & Points of Interest · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Asia
Imam al-Bukhari and the Sahih
Muhammad al-Bukhari, born in Bukhara, compiles the Sahih, accepted by Sunni Muslims as the most authoritative collection of the Prophet's sayings after the Qur'an.
Era: The Arab Conquest and the Samanid Golden Age
Sources: al-Bukhārī — hadith scholar · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Ansgar's mission and the first Christian congregation
The Frankish missionary Ansgar founded at Birka the earliest known Christian congregation in Sweden, the first organised Christian presence among a still largely pagan people.
Era: Vikings, Birka and the Coming of Christianity
Sources: Birka and Hovgården · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Sweden: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Africa
Islam reaches the Senegal River
North African Muslim traders introduce Islam to the peoples of the Senegal valley well before any ruler adopts it officially.
Era: Takrur and the Coming of Islam
Sources: Islam Is Introduced into West Africa (750 CE) · BlackPast.org, Takrur · Wikipedia, Islam in Senegal · Wikipedia
- Africa
Foundation of the Qarawiyyin
The mosque and centre of learning of al-Qarawiyyin is established in Fez, later regarded as one of the oldest continuously operating institutions of higher education in the world.
Era: Islam and the Idrisid Dynasty
Sources: Idrisid dynasty · New World Encyclopedia, Idrisid dynasty · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Mission of Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia
At the request of Prince Rostislav, the Byzantine brothers Cyril and Methodius came to Great Moravia, translated the liturgy into Old Church Slavonic and devised the Glagolitic alphabet, bringing Christianity to the Slavs.
Era: Great Moravia, Saint Wenceslas and the Premyslid Dukes
Sources: Saints Cyril and Methodius · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Great Moravia · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Mission of Cyril and Methodius
At Prince Rostislav's request the Byzantine brothers Cyril and Methodius arrived in Great Moravia, devised the Glagolitic script and translated the liturgy into Old Church Slavonic, founding a written Slavic culture.
Era: Great Moravia and the Mission of Cyril and Methodius
Sources: Saints Cyril and Methodius · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Slovakia · Slovakia.travel (official tourism portal)
- Europe
Christianization under Boris I
Boris I adopted Eastern Orthodox Christianity for his court and people, anchoring Bulgaria to Constantinople and providing his Slav and Bulgar subjects with a unifying faith and church.
Era: Thracians, Asparukh's Khanate and the First Bulgarian Empire
Sources: Boris I · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Bulgaria · Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria
- Asia
Founding of the Zaidi imamate
The scholar Yahya ibn al-Husayn, invited from Medina to arbitrate tribal disputes around Saada, founded the Zaidi imamate, binding the northern highlands to Zaidi Shia Islam for over a thousand years.
Era: Islam and the Long Zaidi Imamate
Sources: Yemen: History (ancient kingdoms, Islam, the imamate, unification and war) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Religion in the 9th century
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 9th century — 9 of them, drawn from 9 nations, running from 805 to 897. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 9
- Nations
- 9
- Earliest
- 805
- Latest
- 897
- Europe
- 5
- Africa
- 2
- Asia
- 2
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.