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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[January 20]] &ndash; King [[Louis the Younger]] dies in [[Frankfurt]]. He leaves his territory to his younger brother, Emperor [[Charles the Fat]], who becomes sole ruler of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]].
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Battle of Remich]]: A Frankish army under Bishop [[:de: Wala von Metz|Wala of Metz]] is defeated by [[Vikings]], who are on a [[Viking raids into the Rhineland|raid]], near [[Remich]] (modern [[Luxembourg]]). During the fighting Wala is killed. 
* [[Siege of Asselt]]: [[Charles the Fat]] besieges a Viking camp, who have plundered along the [[Meuse]], the [[Rhine]] and the [[Moselle]]. He defeats their leader [[Godfrid, Duke of Frisia|Godfrid]], and grants him [[West Frisia]].
* [[August 5]] &ndash; King [[Carloman II]] becomes sole ruler of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]], after the accidental death of his brother, [[Louis III of France|Louis III]]. His power is limited by rebellious [[Nobility|nobles]] in [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. 
* [[Oleg of Novgorod]] takes [[Kyiv]], and makes it his capital, forming the [[Kievan Rus']].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Alfred the Great]] increases the size of his new navy, and sails out to attack four [[Longship|Viking ships]]. Two of the ships are captured (before they surrender), and the other crews are killed.<ref>Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 103. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* December &ndash; [[Ishaq ibn Kundaj]], a [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] military leader, arrests the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] caliph [[Al-Mu'tamid]], when the latter (and his followers) try to flee into [[Tulunids|Tulunid]] territory.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Pope John VIII]] is assassinated at [[Rome]] after a 10-year reign, probably the victim of a political conspiracy. He is succeeded by [[Pope Marinus I|Marinus I]], as the 108th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
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