Editing 858

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[[File:Pope Nicholas I.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Nicholas I]] (ca. 800–867)]]
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Year '''858''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; King [[Louis the German]], summoned by the disaffected [[Francia|Frankish]] nobles, invades the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]] and secures [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]] for his nephew [[Pepin II of Aquitaine|Pepin II]] ("the Younger"). King [[Charles the Bald]] flees to [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]; he is saved by the help of the [[bishop]]s, and by the fidelity of the family of the [[House of Welf|Welfs]], who are related to [[Judith of Bavaria (died 843)|Judith]] (second wife of former emperor [[Louis the Pious]]).<ref>Charles the Bald - NNDB.com - English translation [[Charles the Bald]] [http://www.geni.com/people/Charles-II-the-Bald-Emperor/6000000005588616059]</ref>
* [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders, led by [[Björn Ironside]], set fire to the earliest church on the site of [[Chartres Cathedral]]. Charles the Bald pays him [[tribute]] ([[Danegeld]]) to save [[Verberie]] (Northern [[France]]).

==== Britain ====
* [[January 13]] &ndash; King [[Æthelwulf|Æthelwulf of Wessex]] dies after an 18-year reign, and is succeeded by his eldest son [[Æthelbald of Wessex|Æthelbald]]. He marries his father's young widow [[Judith of Flanders|Judith]] (daughter of Charles the Bald), and becomes sole ruler of [[Wessex]]. His brother, [[Æthelberht of Wessex|Æthelberht]], is left to rule [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] and the south-east of [[England]].
* [[February 13]] &ndash; King [[Kenneth MacAlpin|Kenneth I]] (Cináed mac Ailpín), king of the [[Scots people|Scots]], dies after a 15-year reign in which he has been crowned at [[Scone, Perth and Kinross|Scone]], and united the various parts of [[Scotland]] with his native [[Dál Riata]]. His 46-year-old brother succeeds as [[Domnall mac Ailpín|Donald I]], king of [[Alba]].

==== Asia ====
* [[October 7]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Montoku|Montoku]] dies after an 8-year reign. He is succeeded by his 8-year-old son [[Emperor Seiwa|Seiwa]] as the 56th [[emperor of Japan]], with [[Fujiwara no Yoshifusa]] (Seiwa's grandfather) governing as [[regent]] and great minister of the [[Daijō-kan|Council of State]].<ref>Varley, p. 166.</ref>
* An enormous [[flood]] along the [[Grand Canal (China)|Grand Canal]] inundates thousands of acres of [[Agricultural land|farmland]] and kills tens of thousands of people in the [[North China Plain]].<ref>Bowman, p. 105.</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict III]] dies after a 3-year reign, in which he has intervened in a political conflict between the sons of Emperor [[Lothair I]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope Nicholas I|Nicholas I]], as the 105th [[pope]] of [[Rome]].
* [[Councils of Quierzy|Synod of Quierzy]]: The bishops remain loyal to Charles the Bald during the invasion of his [[dominion]]s by Louis the German.<ref>Eleanor Shipley Duckett, ''Carolingian Portraits: A Study in the Ninth Century'', U. Mich. Press, 1989, p. 216.</ref> They address a conciliatory letter to Louis the German, which includes the [[Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals|False Decretals]].
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Ignatios of Constantinople|Ignatios I]], patriarch of [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Constantinople]], is imprisoned by orders of Emperor [[Michael III]], and replaced by the layman [[Photius I of Constantinople|Photius I]].
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== Births ==
* [[Al-Battani]], Muslim [[Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world|astronomer]] and [[Mathematics in medieval Islam|mathematician]] (d. [[929]])
* [[Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal]], Irish [[abbot]] (d. [[927]])
* [[Gao Jixing]], founder of Chinese [[Jingnan]] (d. 929)
* [[He Gui]], general of [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]] (d. [[919]])
* [[Lady Wu (Qian Liu's wife)|Lady Wu]], wife of [[Qian Liu]] (d. 919)
* [[Liu Xun (Later Liang)|Liu Xun]], general of Later Liang (d. [[921]])
* [[Mansur Al-Hallaj|Mansur al-Hallaj]], Persian [[Mysticism|mystic]] writer (d. [[922]]) 
* [[Niftawayh]], Muslim scholar and grammarian (d. [[935]])
* [[Richard, Duke of Burgundy|Richard]], duke of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (approximate date)
* [[Rudaki]], Persian [[Persian literature#Poetry|poet]] (approximate date)
* [[Tian Jun]], Chinese warlord (d. [[903]])
* [[Zhang Juhan]], official of Later Liang (d. [[928]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Æthelwulf of Wessex|Æthelwulf]], king of [[Wessex]]
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Kenneth MacAlpin|Kenneth I]], king of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] (b. [[810]])
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict III|Benedict III]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Benedict III {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benedict-III |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Emperor Montoku.jpg|thumb|right|118px|[[Emperor Montoku]]]]
* [[Leuthard II of Paris|Leuthard II]], Frankish [[Count of Paris|count]] (or [[869]])
* [[Li Shangyin]], Chinese official and [[Chinese poetry|poet]] 
* [[Liu Zhuan]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (b. [[796]])
* [[Theodosius (Nestorian patriarch)|Theodosius]], patriarch of the [[Church of the East]]
* [[Wei Mo]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. [[793]])

== References ==
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