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Events

By Place

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Prague Castle founded

★ The Great Summer Army invades England and conquers East Anglia.

★ Among the buildings destroyed by the Danish invaders are the abbey of Ely and the monastery of Peterborough.

★ December 31 — The Danes are defeated by a Saxon army at Englefield, Berkshire. It is the first of a series of battles between Wessex and the Danes.

★ Malta is conquered by Arabs from Sicily.

★ Treaty of Mersen: Charles the Bald and Louis the German divide Lotharingia among themselves.

★ Borivoj becomes duke of Bohemia.

★ Charles the Bald marries Richilde.

By Topic

Religion

★ Michael II succeeds Michael I as patriarch of Alexandria

★ Establishment of autonomous Bulgarian Archbishopric.

★ February 28 — End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople.

Births

★ Al-Farabi, Persian philosopher and scientist

★ Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia

Deaths

★ November 20 — King Edmund of East Anglia

★ al-Bukhari, Persian Hadith compiler