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Events

By Place

Europe

Prague Castle is founded.
The Great Summer Army invades England and conquers East Anglia; the buildings destroyed by the Danish invaders include the abbey of Ely and the monastery of Peterborough.
December 31 — The Danes are defeated by a Saxon army at Englefield, Berkshire. It is the first of a series of battles between Wessex and the Danes.
Malta is conquered by Arabs from Sicily.
Treaty of Meerssen: Charles the Bald and Louis the German divide Lotharingia among themselves.
Borivoj becomes duke of Bohemia.
Charles the Bald marries Richilde.
By Topic

Religion
Michael II succeeds Michael I as Patriarch of Alexandria.
The Autonomous Bulgarian Archbishopric is established.
February 28 — The Fourth Council of Constantinople ends.

Births

Al-Farabi, Persian philosopher and scientist

Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia

Deaths

November 20 — King Edmund of East Anglia

al-Bukhari, Persian hadith compiler

Al-Kindi, philosopher

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