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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[August 12]] &ndash; Emperor [[Louis II of Italy|Louis II]] dies in [[Province of Brescia|Brescia]], after having named his cousin [[Carloman of Bavaria|Carloman]], son of King [[Louis the German]], as his successor. Louis is buried in the [[Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio]] in [[Milan]].
* [[December 29]] &ndash; King [[Charles the Bald]], supported by [[Pope John VIII]], travels to [[Italy]]. He receives the ''[[Imperial Regalia]]'' at [[Pavia]], and is crowned [[Holy Roman Emperor]] as Charles II at [[Rome]].
* [[Louis the Stammerer]], son of Charles the Bald, marries for the second time [[Adelaide of Paris]], after divorcing [[Ansgarde of Burgundy]], with whom he is secretly married. 
* King [[Harald Fairhair]] of [[Norway]] subdues the rovers on the [[Orkney|Orkney Islands]] and [[Shetland|Shetland Islands]], and adds them to his kingdom (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* [[June]] &ndash; The [[Great Heathen Army]], led by [[Guthrum]], moves on [[Cambridge]]. He later returns to [[Wessex]], to establish a [[Cantonment|winter quarter]]. King [[Alfred the Great]] fights the [[Denmark|Danes]] in a naval engagement.
* [[Battle of Dollar]]: Invading Danish [[Vikings]] defeat the [[Scottish people|Scots]] and the [[Picts]], under King [[Causantín mac Cináeda|Constantine I]], at [[Dollar, Clackmannanshire|Dollar]]. They occupy [[Caithness]], [[Sutherland]], [[Ross, Scotland|Ross]] and [[Province of Moray|Moray]], far to the north.<ref>{{cite book|first=George|last=Bruce|title=Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles|publisher=Van Nostrand Reinhold|year=1981|isbn=0442223366|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/harbottlesdictio00harb}}</ref>
* Danish Vikings, probably led by [[Halfdan Ragnarsson]], invade [[Dublin]]. During the fighting, [[Oistin mac Amlaíb|Eystein Olafsson]], king of [[Kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]], is killed.<ref>''[[Annals of Ulster]]''.</ref>
* [[Donyarth]], the last recorded king of [[Cornwall]], drowns in what is thought to be the [[River Fowey]].<ref>''[[Annales Cambriae]]''.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* Fall &ndash; An Arab fleet from [[Taranto]] sails up the [[Adriatic Sea]] and sacks [[Comacchio]], putting it to flames. They attack [[Grado, Friuli-Venezia Giulia|Grado]] (bishopric of the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian Republic]]), but are repelled by the Venetians.
* [[Muhammad II of Ifriqiya|Muhammad II]], emir of the [[Aghlabids]], dies and is succeeded by his brother [[Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya|Ibrahim II]]. Towards the end of his reign, a [[Caravan (travelers)|caravan]] of [[pilgrim]]s from [[Mecca]] introduces the [[Plague (disease)|plague]] in [[Ifriqiya]] ([[Tunisia]]). 
* The [[Samanid Empire|Samanid Dynasty]] establishes a court at [[Bukhara]] (modern [[Uzbekistan]]), which becomes a rival city to [[Baghdad]] on the strategic [[Silk Road]].

==== Asia ====
* King [[Jayavarman III]] founds a new dynasty at [[Indrapura (Champa)|Indrapura]] ([[Quảng Nam]]) in [[Champa]], in the central region of modern-day [[Vietnam]]. He initiates a building program in the [[Art of Champa|Dong Duong Style]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The construction of the [[Great Mosque of Kairouan]] is completed by Ibrahim II. He builds another three [[Bay (architecture)|bay]]s, reducing the size of the [[courtyard]].<ref>Georges Marçais, ''L'architecture: Tunisie, Algérie, Maroc, Espagne and Sicile'', vol. I, éd. Picard, Paris, 1927, p. 12.</ref> 
* [[Bretons]] begin to flee the land, seeking the relative security of [[Great Britain|Britain]]. Vikings loot the [[Rennes Cathedral#Pro-cathedral|Abbey of Saint-Melaine]] at [[Rennes]] (approximate date). 
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