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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Bordeaux]], capital of [[Aquitaine]], falls into the hands of [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders. King [[Charles the Bald]] sends a [[Francia|Frankish]] fleet to lift the [[siege]]. Despite destroying some Viking [[longship]]s on the [[Dordogne (river)|Dordogne River]], they fail to save the city. The Abbey of Saint-Pierre in [[Brantôme, Dordogne|Brantôme]] is sacked.
* Emperor [[Lothair I]], and his (half) brothers [[Louis the German]] and Charles the Bald, meet in [[Koblenz]] to continue the system of "con-fraternal government".
* Frankish forces under Count (''[[count|comté]]'') [[William of Septimania]] assume authority over the counties of [[County of Barcelona|Barcelona]] and [[Empúries]] (modern [[Spain]]).
* The [[Saracens]] conquer [[Ragusa, Italy|Ragusa]] ([[Sicily]]), after its [[Byzantine]] garrison is forced by severe [[famine]] to surrender. The city and its castle are razed to the ground.<ref name="Vasiliev 1935, p. 208">Vasiliev (1935), p. 208.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* The armies of [[Brycheiniog]] and [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] clash in the battle of [[Rhiangoll|Ffinnant]] ([[Wales]]). King [[Ithel ap Morgan|Ithel]] of Gwent is killed in the fighting (approximate date).
* [[Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid]], [[Kings of Mide|High King of Mide]], defeats a [[Norway|Norse]] Viking army at Sciath Nechtain in [[Ireland]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Chola dynasty|Medieval Cholas]] in [[South India|Southern India]] start to rule (approximate date).