Region: Western Europe · Coordinates: 50.776, 6.084 · 17 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 802 | Royal Frankish Annals | The empress Irene of Constantinople sends the envoy Leo to confirm peace; the emperor also sends Bishop Jesse of Ambiani and Count Helmgaud to Constantinople. He celebrates Easter at Aachen on March 27 |
| AD 809 | Royal Frankish Annals | In November the emperor holds a council at Aachen on the question of the procession of the Holy Spirit, and sends Bernarius, bishop of Worms, and Adalhard, abbot of Corbie, to Pope Leo |
| AD 812 | Royal Frankish Annals | At the church in Aachen, Michael's envoys receive the treaty text, praising in Greek and calling the emperor basileus. On the way back, at St Peter's basilica in Rome, they receive the same treaty text from Pope Leo |
| AD 814 | Royal Frankish Annals | Emperor Charles, while wintering at Aachen, dies on January 28, in a year when he was about 71 (47 years as ruler, 43 years of the conquest of Italy, the 14th year of the imperial title) |
| AD 814 | Royal Frankish Annals | His son Ludovicus, who receives news of his death at the Theodonis villa in Aquitaine, arrives at Aachen on the thirtieth day and succeeds his father with the agreement and goodwill of all the Franks |
| AD 817 | Royal Frankish Annals | Envoys of Abdirraman, son of the Saracen king Abulaz of Zaragoza, come to ask for peace; they are received at Compiègne and ordered to go to Aachen first. After being detained for three months they are sent back. Envoys of Emperor Leo of Constantinople also come to Aachen on the Dalmatian question |
| AD 817 | Royal Frankish Annals | At the June assembly at Aachen the emperor crowns his eldest son Lothair, making him co-emperor and a name of the realm, and installs his other two sons as kings of Aquitaine and Bavaria. Earlier, on Maundy Thursday, a wooden gallery collapsed and he suffered slight injuries but soon recovered |
| AD 819 | Royal Frankish Annals | Slaomir is brought to Aachen, accused, and since he cannot defend himself he is exiled; his kingdom is given to Ceadragus, son of Trasco |
| AD 820 | Royal Frankish Annals | At the January assembly at Aachen it is decided to send three armies against Riudewit. Bera, count of Barcelona, loses a duel and is sentenced to death, but by the emperor's mercy his sentence is commuted to exile at Rouen |
| AD 821 | Royal Frankish Annals | At the February assembly at Aachen the war with Riudewit is discussed, three armies are organized, and the question of the Spanish frontier is also decided. The Noviomagus assembly is set for May |
| AD 824 | Royal Frankish Annals | When the Bulgar king sends envoys with a letter asking for peace, the emperor, calling it unprecedented, sends Makelmus of Bavaria to the Bulgar king to find out the situation |
| AD 825 | Royal Frankish Annals | At the May Aachen assembly he receives Bulgar envoys (the Bulgar-Frankish border question is decided). The chiefs of the Britons and Viomarcus submit, and the emperor pardons them, but he breaks his promise, plunders his neighbors, and is killed at his home by the men of Count Landbert |
| AD 825 | Royal Frankish Annals | At the August Aachen assembly he receives envoys from various regions and from the sons of Godofrid in Northman land, and has the peace they requested confirmed at the frontier in October |
| AD 826 | Royal Frankish Annals | At the end of January in Aachen the emperor meets his son Pippin, king of Aquitaine, and the counts of the Spanish frontier; they deliberate and decide how to guard the western frontier against the Saracens |
| AD 828 | Royal Frankish Annals | At the February Aachen assembly the failures of the Spanish frontier commanders are judged and their property confiscated; Balderic, Duke of Friuli, loses his rank and the frontier command for being responsible for the Bulgar devastation of Upper Pannonia, and the frontier is divided among four counts |
| AD 829 | Royal Frankish Annals | During Lent at Aachen, at night an earthquake and a great wind strip much of the lead roofing from the Chapel of the Virgin (capella) |
| AD 829 | Royal Frankish Annals | Around November 11 (the Mass of St Martin) the emperor returns to Aachen and celebrates with great joy the Mass of St Martin, the feast of St Andrew (November 30), and Christmas (the end of the chronicle) |