By place Europe •
May 24 –
Battle of Blain: Breton forces under
Erispoe, count of
Vannes, defeat the
Franks led by
Renaud d'Herbauges, near the town of
Messac, at the
River Vilaine. This battle marks a
Breton war between Charles the Bald and
Nominoe, duke of
Brittany. • Summer –
Viking raiders attack
Nantes, located on the
River Loire; they kill the town's
bishop along with many of the
clergy, and murder men, women and children. They plunder the western parts of
Aquitaine and reach an island north of the mouth of the
River Garonne, near what later will be
La Rochelle. There the Vikings bring materials from the mainland and build houses to spend the
winter. •
August 10 –
Treaty of Verdun: The
Frankish Empire is divided into three kingdoms, between the three surviving sons of the late emperor
Louis the Pious. King
Louis the German receives the eastern portion (everything east of the
River Rhine), called the
Eastern Frankish Realm, which is the precursor to modern-day
Germany. Emperor
Lothair I receives the central portion (
Low Countries,
Alsace,
Lorraine,
Burgundy and the northern half of
Italy), called the
Central Frankish Realm. King
Charles the Bald receives the western portion (everything west of the
River Rhône), called the
Western Frankish Realm, which later becomes
France.
British Isles • King
Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín) of the
Scots also becomes
king of the Picts; he is crowned (on the
Stone of Destiny) as first
monarch of the new nation of
Scotland. The
Alpin Dynasty of
Scottish kings begins to reign.
Arabian Empire • Summer – A
Byzantine expedition, led by
Theoktistos, conquers
Crete from the
Saracens. After initial success, he is forced to abandon his army, due to political intrigues in
Constantinople. The troops are left behind and slaughtered by the
Arabs. •
Al-Andalus: The city of
Zaragossa rises against the
Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba in modern-day
Spain.
Asia • In the Chinese capital of
Chang'an, a large fire consumes 4,000 homes,
warehouses and other buildings in the
East Market, yet the rest of the city is at a safe distance from the blaze which is largely
quarantined in
East Central Chang'an, thanks to the large width of roads in Chang'an that produce
fire breaks.
By topic Religion •
March 11 –
Feast of Orthodoxy – Official end of
Iconoclasm: Empress
Theodora II restores the veneration of
icons in the
Orthodox churches in the
Byzantine Empire. • Theodora II orders a
persecution against the
Paulicians throughout
Anatolia; about 100,000 followers in the Byzantine
theme of
Armenia are massacred. == Births ==