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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-)
Louis I the Pious + (France) (-840) (HR Emperor) s. Charlemagne
Bernard + (Carolingian Dynasty) (-818) Grandson of Charlemagne
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)
823 Ebbo 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
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 Emperor)
Charles II the Bald + (France) (Holy Roman Emperor)
Inigo Arista + (Navarre)
Olaf Geirstada - (Norway)
Halfdan Svart + (Norway)
Louis I The Pious 778-840 King/Emperor (France/HRE)
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)
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
Theophilus - (Byzantine Empire) (829-)
Michael III + (Byzantine Empire) (-867) (the Drunkard)
al-Mu'tasim - (Abbasid Caliphate) (833-) 8th Abbasid Caliph
al-Wathiq + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-847) 9th Abbasid Caliph
Alfonso II - (Asturias) (791-) 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)
Kenneth I MacAlpine + (Scotland) (843-860) Picts and Scots United
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
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
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
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
849
Pagan Kingdom established (-1287 Mongol Conquest
Strabo, Walafrid ???-849 Monk (Germany) (8/18/849)
850
Great Mosque at Samara built
Acropolis of Zimbabwe built
University of Constantinople opens
Ramiro I - (Asturias) (842-)
Ordono I + (Asturias) (-866)
Beginning of Polyphony
Al Battani 850-929
Al Khowarizmi 780-850
851
Inigo Arista - (Navarre)
852
Abder Rahman II - (Cordovan Amirate) (822-852) Emir
Mohammed I + (Cordovan Amirate) (-886)
Boris + (Bulgaria) (-893) Czar
853
854
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) (818-) Grandson of Charlemagne
Ludwig II (Louis) + (Carolingian Dynasty) (-875) Holy Roman Emperor (s. of Louis I)
Leo IV - (847-)
Benedict III + (-858)
Anastasias (antipope) +- *****
Lothair I 795-855
856
Main tide of Viking assaults on England (-875)
857
Photian Schism - Byzantine Church under Photius challenges the authority of the Pope (867)
Photius + (Patriarch of Constantinople) Ignatius abdicated
858
Aethelwulf - (England) (839-) King of Wessex
Aethelbald + (England) (-860) King of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Benedict III - (855-)
Nicholas I + (-867)
859
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)
861
Vikings discover Iceland
Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil murdered by his bodyguards - first to end in that fashion
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
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)
864
Conversion (baptism) of Boris-Michael of Bulgaria
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)
866
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
Macedonian Dynasty in Byzantine Empire (-1056)
Michael III - (Byzantine Empire) (842-867) (the Drunkard) murdered
Basil I the Macedonian + (Byzantine Empire) (-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
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

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