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Contents

Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Abbasid caliph al-Mutasim establishes new capital at Samarra, Iraq.

Europe

★ Egbert of Wessex is defeated by the Danes.

★ Presian succeeds Malamir as Khan of Bulgaria.

★ Oldest known mention of the city of Soest.

By Topic

Religion

★ John VII Grammaticus succeeds Antony I as patriarch of Constantinople.

Births

★ Thabit ibn Kurrah, Arabian astronomer

★ Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (d. 891)

★ Ethelbert of Wessex

Deaths