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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[March]] &ndash; A wide-ranging conspiracy against Emperor Basil I, led by [[John Kourkouas (9th century)|John Kourkouas]], is uncovered.<ref>{{Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit|volume=online|url=https://www.degruyter.com/view/PMBZ/PMBZ24978|title=Ioannes Kurkuas (#22824)}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] &ndash; Emperor [[Basil I the Macedonian]] dies from a [[fever]], contracted after a [[hunting]] accident. He is succeeded by the 19-year-old [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]], a son of former emperor [[Michael III]], as sole ruler (''[[basileus]]'') of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. After his [[coronation]] Leo reburies the remains of his father with great ceremony in the imperial [[mausoleum]], within the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] in [[Constantinople]].<ref>Finlay, p. 307.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[October]] &ndash; [[Siege of Paris (885–86)|Siege of Paris]]: Count [[Odo of France|Odo]] slips through [[Vikings|Viking]]-controlled territory, to ask the king of [[West Francia]] [[Charles the Fat]] for support. He returns with a relief force, and reaches safety within the walls. Charles arrives later with a large army, and establishes a camp at [[Montmartre]]. After negotiations he promises the Vikings [[tribute]] ([[Danegeld]]) worth 700 [[French livre|Livres]] (equivalent to 257kg of silver), and allows them to sail up the [[Seine|River Seine]], to over-winter in [[Burgundy]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Alfred the Great]] of [[Wessex]] recaptures [[London]] from the [[Denmark|Danish]] Vikings, and renames it [[Anglo-Saxon London#Lundenburh|Lundenburh]]. Slightly upstream from [[London Bridge]], he builds a small harbor called [[Queenhithe]]. Alfred hands the town over to his son-in-law [[Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians|Æthelred]], lord of [[Mercia]]. A street system is planned out in the town, with boundaries of 1,100 yards from east to west, and around 330 yards from north to south.<ref>Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 108. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>

* King Alfred receives the formal submission of all of the citizens of England not under [[Danelaw|Viking rule]], and adopts the title [[King of the Anglo-Saxons]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[December]] &ndash; Emperor [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]] dismisses Patriarch [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius I]], who has been his tutor, and replaces him with his own brother [[Stephen I of Constantinople|Stephen I]].<ref>Norwich, p. 104.</ref>
* The [[Glagolitic alphabet]], devised by [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Cyril and Methodius]], missionaries from Constantinople, is adopted in the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]].
* [[Boris I of Bulgaria|Boris I]], ruler (''[[Khan (title)|khan]]'') of the Bulgarian Empire, establishes the [[Preslav Literary School|Preslav]] and [[Ohrid Literary School]]s.
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