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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Battle of Hafrsfjord in Norway, Harald Fairhair first king of Norway.

★ Gascony becomes an independent kingdom, with Sancho I Mitarra as its first king.

★ Louis II is crowned emperor for the second time.

By Topic

Religion

★ December 14 — Pope John VIII succeeds Pope Adrian II as the 107th pope.

Births

★ Abaoji, founder of the Khitan empire

Deaths

★ Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Japanese regent

★ Pope Adrian II

★ Ivar the Boneless, Viking chief