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Contents

Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ 11 May — Printing of ''The Diamond Sutra'', the oldest dated printed book.

★ Aghlabid dynasty of Tunisia takes Malta.

Europe

★ In Metz, Charles the Bald and Louis the German decide on a division of the lands of former emperor Lothar (now in possession of Lothar II and Louis II).

★ In England Alfred the Great marries Ealhswith and goes to the aid of Burgred of Mercia, who is attacked by Danes.

★ Establishment of the First County of Portugal, by Vímara Peres, after the reconquest from the Moors of the region north of the Douro river.

★ Aed Finliath drives invading Danes and Norwegians out of Ireland after defeating them at the Battle of Killineery.

By Topic

Religion

★ Ratramnus writes ''Contra Graecorum opposita''.

Births

★ Muhammad al-Mahdi, Shia Imam

Deaths

★ July 1 — Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (b. 828)

★ Al-Jahiz, an Arabic prose writer, historian, and author of works of adab, Mu'tazili theology, and politico-religious polemics (b. 776).