800 Book
of Kells
Charlemagne
crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by Pope Leo III - Christmas Day (12/25)
Vikings
invade Germany
Arab
culture appears in Europe
Aghlabid
(Sunni) dynasty begins in Tunisia, eastern Algeria, Sicily (-909)
Beginning
of Karaite sect
Founding
of the kingdom of Kanem (Africa)
Maori
people begin first wave of migration to New Zealand from Eastern Polynesia -
complete by 1300
Cultivation of music in the
monasteries
Al
Kindi
800-873
Eriugena,
Johannes
Scottus
800-877 (810-)
Ecclesiastical
Intellectual 801 802
Isaurian Dynasty in
Byzantine Empire Ends
Irene
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(797-) deposed
Nicephorus I
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-811)
Egbert
+
(Wessex)
(-839) 803
Charlemagne recovers Andorra
from Muslims
Harun al Raschid suddenly
ends power of the Barmecide family of Abbasid viziers in Baghdad
Sigurd Snogoie
-
(Denmark)
(794-) Sigfred
Godfred
+
(Denmark)
(-810) 804
Bjorn Ironside
-
(Sweden)
(794-) Skioldung
Eric Bjornson
+
(Sweden)
(-808) Skioldung
Louis the
German
804-876
Alcuin of
York
730-804 805 Palace
Chapel of Charlemagne construction ends - Minster of Aix-la-Chapelle dedicated
Charlemagne
conquers Saxony 806
Nicephoros
I becomes Patriarch of Constantinople (4/12/806)
Nicephoros
I
+
(Patriarchate of Constantinople)
(806-815)
Patriarch
Hincmar
806-882
Churchman
(Frankish Kingdom) 807 808
Eric
Bjornson
-
(Sweden)
(804-) Skioldung
Eric
Raefillson
+
(Sweden)
(-820) Skioldung 809
Civil
war between Amin and Ma'mun (-813)
Harun
al-Rashid
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(786-) 5th
Abbasid Caliph
al-Amin
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-812) 6th
Abbasid Caliph Harun
al Raschid
766-809 810
Godfred
-
(Denmark)
(803-)
Canute
I
+
(Denmark)
(-850) Harde-Knud
(Hardicanute) 811
Battle
of Pliska - Nicephoros I emperor killed (7/26/811)
Nicephorus
I
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(802-)
Stauracius
+-
(Byzantine
Empire)
*****
Michael
I
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-813) Rhangabe
812
al-Amin
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(809-) 6th
Abbasid Caliph 813
First
Bulgar siege of Constantinople
Reign
of Ma'mun - translation movement (-833)
Arabic
science and learning flourishes - espousal of Mu'takilism as the
official
theology
Michael
I
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(811-) Rhangabe
Leo
III
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-820) the
Armenian
al-Ma'mun
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-833) 7th
Abbasid Caliph (s. Harun al Rashid) 814
Charlemagne dies (1/28/814)
Earliest known diplomas of
privileges to Jews (under Louis I the Pious)
Arabs adopt Indian numerals
0-9
Charlemagne
-
(France)
(771-814)
Louis I the Pious
+
(France)
(814-840) (HR Emperor) s.
Charlemagne
Bernard
+
(Carolingian
Dynasty)
(814-818) Grandson of Charlemagne
Xianzong (Li Chun) ... (Tang Dynasty) (805-820)
Charlemagne
742-814 815
Death of Abu Nuwas - celebrated
poet of Abbasid court
Second period of iconoclasm
begins 816
Leo III
-
(795-)
Stephen IV (or V)
+
(-817)
Agobard
+
(Archbishop
of
Lyons)
(-840) 817
Louis the Pious crowns his
son Lothair co-emperor
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi +
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-819) Anti-Caliph
Stephen IV (or V)
-
(816-)
Paschal I
+
(-824) 818
Bernard
-
(Carolingian
Dynasty)
(814-) Grandson of Charlemagne
Lothair I
+
(Carolingian
Dynasty)
(-855) Grandson of Charlemagne 819
Mamun finally enters Baghdad
after overthrow of anti-caliph Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi -
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(817-) Anti-Caliph 820
Amorian dynasty in Byzantine
Empire (-867)
Death of Shafi'i - founder
of the Shafi'ite School of Law
Leo III
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(813-) the Armenian
Michael II
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-829) 1st Amorian Emperor
Eric Raefillson
-
(Sweden)
(808-) Skioldung
Emund and Bjorn
+
(Sweden)
(-859) Skioldung
Grimbald
820-903
Sankara
788-820 821
Peace between China and
Tibet 822
Hakam I
-
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(799-)
Abder Rahman II
+
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(-852) 823Ebbo Gospels
Pope re-crowns Lothair Emperor
of the West
Charles II the
Bald
823-877 824
Lothair issues a
constitution proclaiming his right to confirm papal elections
Gudrod Mikillati -
(Norway)
(784-)
Olaf Geirstada
+
(Norway)
Paschal I
-
(817-)
Eugene II
+
(-827)
Han
Yu
767-824 825
Aghlabids start conquest of
Sicily 826 827
Eugene II
-
(824-)
Valentine
+-
*****
Gregory IV
+
(-844) 828
Egbert of Wessex recognized
as overlord of other English kings
Arabs begin conquest of
Byzantine Sicily 829
St. Ansgar introduces
Christianity to Sweden
Michael II
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(820-) the Amorian
Theophilus
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-842) 830 Utrecht Psalter
House of Wisdom founded in
Baghdad by Mamun - translating Greek works into Arabic 831
Muslims capture Palermo 832 833
Reign of Mu'tasim - beginning
of domination by Turkish bodyguards (-842)
al Ma'mun
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(813-) 7th Abbasid Caliph (s. Harun
al Rashid)
al-Mu'tasim
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-842) 8th Abbasid Caliph
Mamun
786-833
7th
Abbasid Caliph 834 835
Sweet Dew Incident - Emperor Wenzong (12/14/835)
Treaty of Baqt Adjustment- The Kingdom of Makuria (Nubia) with the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad
836
Abassids transfer royal
capital from Baghdad to Samarra (-892) 837 838
Louis the Pious divides his
empire among his three sons
Arabs take Amorium from
Byzantine Empire 839
Egbert
-
(Wessex)
(802-)
Aethelwulf
+
(Wessex)
(-858) 840
Lothair I Emperor to 855 -
his brothers ally against him
Mojmir forms a confederation
of Slav tribes in Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Transylvania
Uighur empire destroyed
Louis I the Pious
-
(France)
(Holy
Roman Empire) (813-840)
Lothair I + (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Inigo Arista
+
(Navarre)
Olaf Geirstada
-
(Norway)
Halfdan Svart
+
(Norway)
Louis I The
Pious
(778-840)
Agobard
-
(Archbishop
of Lyons) 841
Battle of Fontenay - Charles
the Bald and Louis the German defeat Lothair I and Pepin II (6/25)
Religious persecutions in
China (-845)
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
842
Oaths of Strasbourg -
Louis
and Charles pledge their allegiance against their brother emperor
Lothair
Khitan people invade Uygur
Empire - Uygers move west - Empire collapses
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Theophilus
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(829-842)
Michael
III
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867) (the
Drunkard)
al-Mu'tasim
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(833-842) 8th
Abbasid Caliph
al-Wathiq
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(842-847) 9th
Abbasid Caliph
Alfonso
II
-
(Asturias)
(791-842) the
Chaste
Ramiro
I
+
(Asturias)
(842-850) 843
Treaty
of Verdun - redivides Frankish Empire
into three - Ludwig the German: East Franconia; Charles the Bald: West
Franconia; Lothair: Italy
Council
of Orthodoxy - Iconoclast movement defeated
Kingdoms
of the Picts and DalRadian (Scots unite)
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Charles II the Bald
+
(West Francia)
Kenneth
I MacAlpine +
(Scotland)
(843-860) Picts and
Scots United
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
844
Louis II, son of Lothair I
is crowned King of Italy by Pope Sergius II in Rome (6/15/844)
Kenneth MacAlpine conquers
Picts and unifies Scotland
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Gregory IV
-
(827-)
John (antipope)
+-
*****
Sergius II
+
(-847) 845
Viking raiders under Ragnar
Lodbrok sack Paris - collect first danegeld in exchange for
leaving (3/28/845)
Vikings sack Hamburg
Vikings sack Melun
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
846
Muslim raiders penetrate
thirteen miles up the Tiber and devastate the suburbs of Rome and St.
Peter's
Church
Rise of Cholas and defeat of
Pallavis
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Rastislav
+
(Great
Moravia)
(846-870) 847
Methodios, Patriarch of
Constantinople dies (6/14/847)
Ignatius becomes Patriarch
of Constantinople (7/4/847)
Drust X
...
(Pict
Kingdom)
(845-848)
King
Kenneth I MacAlpine ...
(Scotland)
(843-860)
Rhodri the Great
...
(Gwynedd)
(844-878)
King
Beorhtwulf
...
(Mercia)
(840-852)
24th
King
Ethelwulf
...
(Wessex)(Kent)
(839-856)
King
Aethelweard
...
(East
Anglia)
(845-854)
King
Ramiro I
...
(Kingdom
of
Asturias)
(842-850)
King
Íñigo I
...
(Pamplona)
(824-852)
1st King (Íñiguez Dynasty)
Jimeno I
...
(Pamplona)
(???-860)
King
(sub-king) (Jimenez Dyn.)
Abder Rahman II
...
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(822-852)
Emir
Pepin II
...
(Aquitaine)
(838-864)
King
(s. Pepin I)
Charles the Bald
...
(West
Francia)
(843-877)
King (s.
Louis the Pious)
Lothair I
...
(HRE)(Middle
Francia)
(840-)(843-855) Emperor (s. Louis the
Pious)
Louis II the German ...
(East
Francia)
(843-877)
King
(s. Louis the Pious)
Louis II
...
(Italy)
(844-875)
King
(s. Lothair I)
Hincmar
+
(Archbishopric
of Reims) (847-882)
Rastislav
...
(Great
Moravia)
(846-870)
Pietro Tradonico
...
(Venice)
(837-864)
Doge
Theodora
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-855)
Regent (m.
Michael III)
Michael III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
(the Drunkard)
Amorian Dyn.
al-Wathiq
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(842-847)
9th Abbasid
Caliph
al-Mutawakkil
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(847-861)
10th Abbasid
Caliph
Bhoja I
...
(Pratihara
Kingdom)
(836-886)
King
Amoghavarsha I
...
(Rashtrakuta
Kingdom)
(814-878)
King
Vijayaditya II
-
(Eastern
Chalukya
Kingdom)
(808-847)
King
Vishnuvardhana V
+
(Eastern
Chalukya
Kingdom)
(847-849)
King
Devapala
(Pala
Kingdom)
(810-850)
King
Xuanzong
...
(Tang
China)
(846-859)
Emperor
(Li Chen)
Munseong
...
(Silla
Kingdom)
(839-857)
King
Dae Ijin
...
(Balhae
Kingdom)
(830-???)
King
Nimmyo
...
(Heian
Japan)
(833-850)
54th
Emperor
Jayavarman II
...
(Khmer
Empire)Devaraja
cult
(802-850)
Emperor
???????
(Third
Chinese Domination of Annam) (???-???)
Sergius II
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(844-847)
Leo IV
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome
(847-855)
103rd Pope
Methodios I
-
(Patriarchate
of Constantinople) (843-847)
Ignatius
+
(Patriarchate
of Constantinople)
(847-858) 848
Charles the Bald, Louis the
German, and Lothar meet in Koblenz (6/22/848)
The Saracens destroy
Leontini
Mael Sechlainn I defeats a
Norse army at Sciath Nechtain in Ireland
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
849
Pagan Kingdom established
(-1287 Mongol Conquest
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Strabo, Walafrid
???-849
Monk
(Germany) (8/18/849) 850
Great Mosque at Samara built
Acropolis of Zimbabwe built
University of Constantinople
opens
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Ramiro I
-
(Asturias)
(842-)
Ordono I
+
(Asturias)
(-866)
Beginning of Polyphony
Al
Battani
850-929
Al
Khowarizmi
780-850 851
Danish force with 300 ships sack Cantebury -- Beorhtwulf, King of Mercia, flees
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Inigo Arista
-
(Navarre) 852
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Abder Rahman II
-
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(822-852)
Emir
Mohammed I
+
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(-886)
Boris
+
(Bulgaria)
(-893) Czar 853
Aethelwulf sends his four year old son Alfred (the Great) to Rome - annointed by Pope Leo IV
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
854
Lothair I ... (Holy Roman Empire) (840-855)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Eric I
-
(Denmark)
(850-) Haarik
Eric II
+
(Denmark)
(-883) Haarik 855
Lothair's lands are again
divided
Death of Ahmad ibn Hanbal -
founder of the Hanbalite School of Law Lothair I
-
(Carolingian
Dynasty)
(840-855) Grandson of Charlemagne
Louis II
+
(Carolingian
Dynasty)
(855-875) Holy Roman Emperor
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Leo IV
-
(847-)
Benedict III
+
(-858)
Anastasias (antipope)
+-
*****
Lothair
I
795-855 856
Main tide of Viking assaults
on England (-875)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
857
Photian Schism - Byzantine
Church under Photius challenges the authority of the
Pope (867)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Photius
+
(Patriarch
of
Constantinople)
Ignatius abdicated 858
Aethelwulf
-
(England)
(839-) King
of Wessex
Aethelbald
+
(England)
(-860) King
of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Benedict III
-
(855-)
Nicholas I
+
(-867) 859
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
860
Riurik in Novgorod
First Russian raid on
Constantinople
Aethelbald
-
(England)
(858-) King
of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Aethelbert
+
(England)
(-865) King
of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Kenneth I MacAlpine -
(Scotland)
(843-)
Donald I
+
(Scotland)
(-863)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
861
Vikings discover Iceland
Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil
murdered by his bodyguards - first to end in that fashion
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
al-Mutawakkil
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(847-) 10th Abbasid Caliph murdered
al-Muntasir
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-862) 11th Abbasid Caliph 862
Rurik with the Viking tribe
of Russ seizes power in northern Russia - Novgorod founded
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
al-Muntasir
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(861-) 11th Abbasid Caliph
al-Musta'in
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-866) 12th Abbasid Caliph
Rurik of Novgorod
+
(Kiev)
(879-) Grand
Duke
Baldwin I
+
(Flanders)
(-878) 1st
Count 863
Battle of Poson - Michael
III defeats Arabs
Cyrillo-Methodian mission to
the Slavs (-864)
Photius sends Cyril and
Methodius from Constantinople to Moravia at behest of Prince Rostislav
Donald I
-
(Scotland)
(860-)
Constantine
+
(Scotland)
(-877)
Halfdan Svart
-
(Norway)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
864
Conversion (baptism) of
Boris-Michael of Bulgaria
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
Costa ben
Luca
864-923 865
Russian Vikings attack
Constantinople
The Tulunid dynasty in Egypt
and Syria (-905)
Aethelbert
-
(England)
(860-) King
of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Aethelred
+
(England)
(-871) King
of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
866
Michael
III
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
al-Musta'in
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(862-) 12th Abbasid Caliph
al-Mu'tazz
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-869) 13th Abbasid Caliph
Ordono I
-
(Asturias)
(850-)
Alfonso III the Great +
(Asturias)
(-910) 867
Michael III murdered
Macedonian Dynasty in
Byzantine Empire (867-1056)
Michael III
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(842-867)
(the Drunkard)
murdered
Basil I the Macedonian + (Byzantine
Empire)
(867-886)
Nicholas I
-
(858-)
Adrian II
+
(-872) 868 869
Arabs conquer Malta
Death of Jahiz - literary
figure
al-Mu'tazz
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(866-) 13th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muhtadi
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-870) 14th Abbasid Caliph 870
Death of Bukhari - famed for
his compendium of Tradition
Vikings land in England -
invade Wessex
Rastislav
-
(Great
Moravia)
(846-)
al-Muhtadi
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(869-) 14th Abbasid Caliph
al-Mu'tamid
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-892) 15th Abbasid Caliph
Al
Farabi
870-950 871
Battle of Reading - Danes
defeat Aethelred I King of Wessex (1/4/871)
Battle of Ashdown -
Aethelred defeats Danes in Wessex with Prince Alfred the Great
commanding (1/8/871)
Battle of Basing - Danes
defeat Aethelred I of Wessex again (1/22/871)
Battle of Merton - Aethelred
dies in battle against Danes (4/23/871)
Rise of the Saffarids in
Persia
Aethelred
-
(England)
(865-) King
of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Alfred the Great
+
(England)
(-899) King
of Wessex (son of Aethelwulf)
Borivoj I
+
(Bohemia)
(894-) Premyslid
Count 872
Battle of Hafrsfjord -
Harald Haarfager I defeats other petty kings and becomes ruler of Norway
Harold I
+
(Norway)
(-930) Harald
Fairhair
Adrian II
-
(867-)
John VIII
+
(-882) 873
Muhammad al Mahdi disappears
at 5 years old according to Twelver Shi'a tradition
Eric Emundson
-
(Sweden)
(859-) Skioldung
Bjorn Erickson
+
(Sweden)
(-923) Skioldung
Al
Kindi
800-873 874
Vikings settle in Iceland 875
Death of Muslim - famed for
his Compendium of Tradition
Ludwig II (Louis)
-
(France)
(855-) HR
Emperor (Carolingian Dynasty)
Charles the Bald
+
(France)
(-877) HR
Emperor (Carolingian)(s. Louis I)
Arpad
+
(Hungary)
Chieftan 876
Ibn Tulun Mosque construction
in Cairo
Byzantines recapture the
Cilician gates - beginning of Byzantine reconquest of southern Italy
Henry the
Fowler
876-936
Louis the
German
804-876 877
Anarchy follows Charles the
Bald's death (10/5/877)
Death of Hunayn ibn Ishaq -
most prominent translator of Greek works
Charles II the Bald
-
(France)
(875-) HR
Emperor (Carolingian)(s. Louis I)
Louis II the Stammerer +
(France)
(-879)
Carloman +
(France)
(-880) (Carolingian
Dynasty) (n. of Lothair I)
Constantine-
(Scotland)
(863-)
Aed
+
(Scotland)
Charles II the
Bald
823-877
Holy
Roman Emperor
Eriugena, Johannes
Scottus
800-877
Ecclesiastical
Intellectual 878
Battle
of Edington - Alfred King of Wessex decesively
defeats Danes (under Guthram)
Treaty
of Wedmore - England divided between Wessex in the south and the
Danelaw in the
north
Aed
-
(Scotland)
Eochaid
+
(Scotland)
(-889)
Baldwin
I
-
(Flanders)
(861-) Count
Baldwin
II
+
(Flanders)
(-918) Count 879
Loss of Provence to Boso,
count of Arles
Looting of Canton
Louis II the Stammerer -
(France)
(877-) (s.
Charles II the Bald)
Louis III
+
(France)
(-882)
Carloman III +
(France)
(-884) (s.
Louis II)
Rurik of Novgorod
-
(Kiev)
(862-) Grand
Duke
Oleg (Helgi)
+
(Kiev)
(-912) Grand
Duke 880
Byzantine Emperor Basil I
recovers Italy from the Arabs
Rise of Kiev under Oleg
(-912)
Carloman -
(France)
(877-) (Carolingian
Dynasty) (n. Lothair I)
Charles III the Fat
+
(France)
(Carolingian
Dynasty) (b. Carloman) 881
Charles III the Fat Emperor
and King of Germany becomes king of the Franks uniting Charlemagne's
Empire 882
Louis III
-
(France)
(879-)
John VIII
-
(872-)
Marinus I
+
(-884)
Hincmar
-
(Archbishop
of
Reims)
(847-)
Gaon, Sa'adyah ben
Joseph
882-942
Philosopher
(Jewish)
Hincmar
806-882
Churchman
(Frankish Kingdom) 883
Eric II
-
(Denmark)
(854-) Haarik
Gorm the Old
+
(Denmark)
(-941) 884
Carloman III
-
(France)
(879-)
Charles the Fat
+
(France)
(-887)
Marinus I
-
(882-)
Adrian III
+
(-885) 885
Paris refortified and
successfully defended by Eudes and Gozlin against Norse raids (-887)
Adrian III
-
(884-)
Stephen V (or VI)
+
(-891) 886
Alfred captures London from
the Danes
Basil I the Macedonian - (Byzantine
Empire)
(867-)
Leo VI the Wise
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-912)
Mohammed I
-
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(852-)
Mondhir
+
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(-888) 887
Charles the Fat
-
(France)
(884-) 888
Eudes (Odo)
+
(France)
(-898)
Guy of Spoleto
+
(Italy)
(-894)
Berengarius of Friuli +
(Italy)
(-923) Great
Grandson of Charlemagne (rival)
Mondhir
-
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(886-)
Abdallah
+
(Cordovan
Amirate)
(-912) 889
Eochaid
-
(Scotland)
(878-)
Donald II
+
(Scotland)
(-900) 890
Appearance of the
Carmathians in Iraq and Syria (-906) 891
Alfred begins the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle - history of England
Stephen V (or VI)
-
(885-)
Formosus
+
(-896) 892
Baghdad again becomes the
capital of Abbasid Caliphate
al-Mu'tamid
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(870-) 15th Abbasid Caliph
al-Mu'tadid
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-902) 16th Abbasid Caliph 893 Life of King Alfed (Asser)
Charles III the Simple +
(France)
(1/28/893)
Boris
-
(Bulgaria)
(852-) Czar
Michael Simeon
Simeon I
+
(Bulgaria)
(-927) Czar 894
Guy of Spoleto
-
(Italy)
(888-)
Lambert
+
(Italy)
(-898) Son
of Guy Spoleto
Borivoj I
-
(Bohemia)
(871-) Premyslid
Count
Spithnjew I
+
(Bohemia)
(-895) Premyslid
Count 895
Spithnjew I
-
(Bohemia)
(894-) Premyslid
Count
Spithnjew I
+
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke 896
Shewa Kingdom forms in
Ethiopia - capital at Walalah
Formosus
-
(891-)
Boniface VI
+-
*****
Stephen VI (or VII)
+
(-897) 897
Stephen VI (or VII)
-
(896-)
Romanus
+-
*****
Theodore II
+-
***** 898
Eudes (Odo) -
(1/1)
(France)
(888-)
Lambert
-
(Italy)
(894-) Son
of Guy Spoleto
John IX
+
(900-) 899
Magyars from the East invade
Moravia Alfred
the Great
-
(England)
(871-899)King
of Wessex (son of Aethelwulf)
Edward
(the Elder)
+
(England)
(899-924)
King
of Wessex
Louis
III of Burgundy +
(Italy)
(-905) Grandson
of Ludwig II