830s

Centuries: 8th century – 9th century – 10th century

Decades: 780s – 790s – 800s – 810s – 820s – 830s – 840s – 850s – 860s – 870s – 880s

Years: 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839

Events:

• The first Swedes arrive in Russia. (The Rus', from Roslagen)
• The Viking raids in Western Europe get more severe. They plunder Dorestad and establish themselves in Ireland.
• Louis the Pious and his sons fight about the division of the empire.
• Second Iconoclastic period in the Byzantine Empire (813–843).

Important people:

• Louis the Pious
• Egbert of Wessex
• Ansgar