Editing 845

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[[File:Viking Siege of Paris.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Vikings|Viking]] [[long ship]]s besieging [[Paris]] (845)]] 
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Year '''845''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXLV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars|Byzantine–Arab War]]: A [[Arab–Byzantine prisoner exchanges#Prisoner exchanges|prisoner exchange]] occurs between the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], at the [[Limonlu River|River Lamos]] in [[Cilicia]] (modern [[Turkey]]). The exchanges last for 10 days, and the Byzantines recover 4,600 prisoners.{{sfn|Huart|1986|p=647}}{{sfn|Toynbee|1973|p=391}}

==== Europe ====
* [[March 28]] or [[March 29|29]] (Easter) &ndash; [[Siege of Paris (845)|Siege of Paris]]: [[Vikings|Viking]] forces under the [[Norsemen|Norse]] chieftain [[Ragnar Lodbrok]] enter the [[Seine|River Seine]], with a fleet of 120 [[longship]]s (5,000 men). They pass through the city of [[Rouen]] and plunder the countryside. King [[Charles the Bald]] assembles an army and sends it to protect Paris, the capital of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]]. Ragnar routs the enemy forces, and hangs 111 of their prisoners in honour of [[Odin]].{{Sfn | Jones | 2001 | p = 212}} Charles — to keep them from [[Looting|plundering]] his kingdom — pays a large [[tribute]] of 7,000 [[French livre|livre]]s (pounds) of silver or gold, in exchange for their leaving.{{Sfn | Sawyer |2001 |p = 40}} The Vikings also sack the cities of [[Hamburg]] and [[Melun]].
* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ballon]]: Frankish forces (3,000 men) led by Charles the Bald are defeated by [[Nominoe]], count of [[Vannes]], near [[Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine]]. After the battle, [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]] becomes a ''regnum'' 'kingdom' within the [[Francia|Frankish Empire]].
* Viking forces destroy [[Hamburg]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution]]: Emperor [[Emperor Wuzong of Tang|Wu Zong]] begins the persecution of [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]]s and other foreign religions in [[History of China#Ancient China|China]], such as [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Nestorianism|Nestorian Christianity]] and [[Manichaeism]]. More than 4,600 [[Monastery|monasteries]], 40,000 [[Chinese temple|temple]]s and numerous [[shrine]]s are destroyed. More than 260,000 Buddhist [[monk]]s and nuns are forced to return to secular life.
* [[March 6]] – [[42 Martyrs of Amorium|42 captured Byzantine officials]] from [[Amorium]] are executed at [[Samarra]], then the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], after repeated failed attempts to convert them to [[Islam]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[John Scotus Eriugena]], Irish [[Theology|theologian]], travels to France and takes over the Palatine Academy in Paris, at the invitation of [[Charles the Bald]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Sugawara no Michizane]], Japanese politician (d. [[903]])
* [[Árpád]], [[Grand Prince of the Hungarians]] (approximate date)
* [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]], king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] (approximate date)
* [[Charles of Provence]], Frankish king (d. [[863]])
* [[Liutgard of Saxony (died 885)|Liutgard of Saxony]], Frankish queen (approximate date)
* [[Minamoto no Yoshiari]], Japanese official (d. [[897]])
* [[Ricfried, Count of Betuwe|Ricfried]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[950]])
* [[Richilde of Provence]], Frankish empress (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Empress Dowager Wang (Jingzong)|Wang]], empress and [[Concubinage|concubine]] of [[Emperor Muzong of Tang|Mu Zong]]
* [[Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani|Abdallah ibn Tahir]], Muslim governor (or [[844]])
* [[Abu Tammam]], Muslim [[Arabic poetry|poet]] (b. [[788]])
* [[Bridei VII]], king of the [[Picts]]
* [[Dionysius I Telmaharoyo|Dionysius I]], Syrian [[patriarch]] 
* [[Ecgred of Lindisfarne|Ecgred]], [[bishop of Lindisfarne]]
* [[Eginhard (bishop)|Eginhard]], bishop of [[Episcopal principality of Utrecht|Utrecht]]
* [[Guerin of Provence|Guerin]], Frankish nobleman (or [[856]])
* [[Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi]], Muslim historian (b. [[784]])
* [[Mislav of Croatia|Mislav]], duke of [[Duchy of Croatia|Croatia]] (approximate date)
* [[Sahl ibn Bishr]], Muslim [[Astrology|astrologer]] (approximate date)
* [[Theophanes the Branded]], Byzantine monk (b. [[775]])
* [[Turgesius]], Viking chieftain (approximate date)

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{EI2 | title = Lamas-Ṣū | first = Cl. | last = Huart | authorlink = | volume = 5 | page = 647 | url = http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/lamas-su-SIM_4631}}
* {{citation | last = Jones | first = Gwyn|title= A History of the Vikings|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University| isbn = 978-0-19-280134-0 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lD74bDG3O5oC | mode=cs1 }}
* {{citation | last = Sawyer | first = PH |title=Illustrated History of the Vikings|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University|isbn = 978-0-19-285434-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJqf8e1vHFgC | mode=cs1 }}
* {{cite book | last = Toynbee | first = Arnold | author-link = Arnold J. Toynbee | title = Constantine Porphyrogenitus and His World | year = 1973 | location = London and New York | publisher = Oxford University Press | isbn = 0-19-215253-X}}



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