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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>By place</h3> <h4>Europe</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Danes/bUt1hyMQ">Danish</a> <a href="/facts/Vikings/d0WFeQ6f">Vikings</a> land in the <a href="/facts/Marches_of_Neustria/JaTtIlNm">Breton March</a> (western part of <a href="/facts/Gaul/fSpNpRqy">Gaul</a>). Duke <a href="/facts/Nominoe/at7h6DwR">Nominoe</a> of <a href="/facts/Brittany/XvquwmIg">Brittany</a> fails to withstand them in battle, but succeeds in buying them off with gifts and persuading them to leave (approximate date).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Viking_Age/sP3Ax2wX">Viking Age</a>: The <a href="/facts/Vikings/d0WFeQ6f">Vikings</a> plunder the <a href="/facts/Viking_raids_into_the_Rhineland/7E6XIUlh">Lower Rhine</a>, as part of their attacks on the Empire of <a href="/facts/Francia/0fNvWt3n">Francia</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Saracens/txYv1kIL">Saracens</a>, under the <a href="/facts/Berbers/kuN9pFNf">Berber</a> leader <a href="/facts/Kalfun/dYzxnlGv">Kalfun</a>, capture the <a href="/facts/Byzantine_Empire/njEELXWF">Byzantine</a> city of <a href="/facts/Bari/02SJdmha">Bari</a> (<a href="/facts/Southern_Italy/KJYA2ooC">Southern Italy</a>). He becomes the first ruler of the <a href="/facts/Emirate_of_Bari/dYzxnlGv">Emirate of Bari</a>, and expands his influence on the <a href="/facts/Italian_mainland/Gv8FNjbQ">Italian mainland</a> with raids.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li></ul> <h4>Abbasid Caliphate</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/August_10/gbkk1UJQ">August 10</a> – Caliph <a href="/facts/Al-Wathiq/fak0YGhL">Al-Wathiq</a> dies of <a href="/facts/Dropsy/Q6MI3KdH">dropsy</a> after a five-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother <a href="/facts/Al-Mutawakkil/FUyACzaU">al-Mutawakkil</a>.</li></ul> <h3>By topic</h3> <h4>Natural events</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_24/MYa9bfaS">November 24</a> – <a href="/facts/847_Damascus_earthquake/dnnKJIlY">847 Damascus earthquake</a></li></ul> <h4>Religion</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_24/rgy52alf">January 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Pope_Sergius_II/PxmASIQF">Pope Sergius II</a> dies of <a href="/facts/Gout/ktWD69YP">gout</a> after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by <a href="/facts/Pope_Leo_IV/m486GEbJ">Leo IV</a>, as the 103rd <a href="/facts/Pope/9zVokNjn">pope</a> of <a href="/facts/Rome/bh1Ttx3T">Rome</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_21/AHl99Srd">April 21</a>– <a href="/facts/Rabanus_Maurus/TvMdWvV9">Rabanus Maurus</a>, a <a href="/facts/Francia/0fNvWt3n">Frankish</a> <a href="/facts/Order_of_Saint_Benedict/wPDY4zrT">Benedictine</a> monk, becomes <a href="/facts/Elector_of_Mainz/IwfhuKWp">archbishop</a> of <a href="/facts/Mainz/vT0TxGjz">Mainz</a> after the death of <a href="/facts/Odgar/ynfjQf7W">Odgar</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/%25C3%2586thelred_of_Wessex/dp130VBa">Æthelred I</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Wessex/V7SlDm1k">Wessex</a> (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Al-Mu%2527tazz/PzI2tsHb">Al-Mu'tazz</a>, Muslim <a href="/facts/Caliph/qQ6hCspe">caliph</a> (d. <a href="/facts/869/QQQkDql5">869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_the_Child/UoBSHWzQ">Charles the Child</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Duchy_of_Aquitaine/6EdaxWCG">Aquitaine</a> (or <a href="/facts/848/u1JyeTe2">848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cheng_Ji_(Wuyue)/Pz9chlRb">Cheng Ji</a>, Chinese general (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fujiwara_no_Sukeyo/zuYQVfjA">Fujiwara no Sukeyo</a>, Japanese aristocrat (d. <a href="/facts/897/yz0wX8ad">897</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kang_Junli/JLkd0mdo">Kang Junli</a>, general of the <a href="/facts/Tang_dynasty/FFhmVfwM">Tang Dynasty</a> (d. <a href="/facts/894/4oS4GHxo">894</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lu_Yi_(Tang_dynasty)/ntooRrty">Lu Yi</a>, <a href="/facts/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty/CLU0X2Wu">chancellor of the Tang Dynasty</a> (d. <a href="/facts/905/hq0DSDJq">905</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miyoshi_Kiyotsura/XvJEpslN">Miyoshi Kiyotsura</a>, Japanese scholar (d. <a href="/facts/918/3kURM89s">918</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wang_Jian_(Former_Shu)/or6lo9Y1">Wang Jian</a>, emperor of <a href="/facts/Former_Shu/hfTlnm0E">Former Shu</a> (d. 918)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wang_Jingchong_(Tang_dynasty)/AEIGTWCP">Wang Jingchong</a>, Chinese general (d. <a href="/facts/883/e1I2LFyd">883</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_27/sCpAVlra">January 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Pope_Sergius_II/PxmASIQF">Sergius II</a>, pope of the <a href="/facts/Catholic_Church/rJ4F4gqH">Catholic Church</a> (b. <a href="/facts/790/TAxH9uE5">790</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_21/AHl99Srd">April 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Odgar/ynfjQf7W">Odgar</a>, Frankish monk and <a href="/facts/Archbishop/5qxa8woF">archbishop</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_1/lazqCtU0">June 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Empress_Dowager_Xiao_(Tang_dynasty)/RUYC6ouu">Xiao</a>, empress of the Tang Dynasty</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_14/lh9kkXn2">June 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Methodios_I_of_Constantinople/GSIUSUcz">Methodius I</a>, patriarch of <a href="/facts/Constantinople/fLcY371n">Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_10/gbkk1UJQ">August 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Al-Wathiq/fak0YGhL">Al-Wathiq</a>, Muslim caliph (b. <a href="/facts/816/uFuDRSaa">816</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fedelmid_mac_Crimthainn/qsLJV0x6">Fedelmid mac Crimthainn</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Munster/d3Ne8XxY">Munster</a> (<a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frothar_of_Toul/78K9GK6t">Frothar of Toul</a>, Frankish <a href="/facts/Bishop/n2QGsDWx">bishop</a> (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hetto/LFRRAYKe">Hetto</a>, Frankish archbishop (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Isa_ibn_Mansur_al-Rafi%2527i/rpXIjTmq">Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i</a>, Muslim governor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Muhammad_ibn_al-Zayyat/ccWCldNH">Muhammad ibn al-Zayyat</a>, Abbasid vizier</li> <li><a href="/facts/Li_Rangyi/VAAIMCYq">Li Rangyi</a>, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty</li> <li><a href="/facts/Theodemar_of_Iria/WFWgYENX">Theodemar of Iria</a>, Galician bishop</li></ul> <h3>Citations</h3> <h3>Bibliography</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hugh_N._Kennedy/Ttpz3hQN">Kennedy, Hugh</a> (2006). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=67fZB5YGkOQC"><i>When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty</i></a>. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-306814808.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kreutz, p. 38. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>