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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Britain ====
* King [[Beornwulf of Mercia]] invades [[East Anglia]], but is killed in battle. He is succeeded by [[Ludeca of Mercia|Ludeca]], as ruler of [[Mercia]].
* Prince [[Aethelwulf]], a son of King [[Egbert of Wessex]], invades [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]], and drives out its pro-Mercian king [[Baldred of Kent|Baldred]].

==== Byzantine Empire ==== 
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Euphemius (Sicily)|Euphemius]], Byzantine admiral, organises an uprising in [[Sicily]] against Emperor [[Michael II]]. He proclaims himself Emperor (with the title of ''[[basileus]]'') in [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], independent from [[Constantinople]]. In turn, Euphemius is defeated by Byzantine troops (reinforcements from the [[Byzantine Empire|East]]), and is driven out to [[North Africa]].<ref name="stan">{{cite news|url=http://archaeology.stanford.edu/MountPollizo/handbookPDF/MPHandbook5.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://archaeology.stanford.edu/MountPollizo/handbookPDF/MPHandbook5.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|publisher=Archaeology.Stanford.edu|title=Brief history of Sicily|date=7 October 2007|format=PDF}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* King [[Harald Klak]] of [[Denmark]] receives the [[Frisia]]n county of [[Rüstringen]], as a gift from Emperor [[Louis the Pious]].

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==== Religion ====
* Harald Klak accepts [[Christianity]], and is [[Baptism|baptized]] with his wife and son [[Godfrid Haraldsson|Godfrid]] at [[Mainz]].
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