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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