By place Byzantine Empire •
May 22 – A
Byzantine fleet (85 ships and 5,000 men)
sacks and destroys the port city of
Damietta, located on the
Nile Delta in
Egypt. A large quantity of weapons and supplies intended for the
Emirate of Crete are captured.
Europe • Danish
Vikings attempt to subjugate the
Curonians on the shoreline of the
Baltic Sea, but they are repulsed. King
Olof leads Swedish Vikings in retaliation, and attacks the towns of
Seeburg and
Apuolė (modern
Courland). • Viking marauders in
Gaul sail eastward from
Nantes without opposition, and reach
Tours. The
monasteries at
Saint-Florent-le-Vieil and
Marmoutier are ravaged. • King
Charles the Bald bribes
Boris I, ruler (
khan) of the
Bulgarian Empire, to form an
alliance against his brother
Louis the German, with
Rastislav of Moravia. •
Gauzbert, count of
Maine, is killed during an
ambush by citizens of Nantes, in revenge for the death of
Lambert II.
Britain • King
Burgred of Mercia appeals to
Æthelwulf, king of the
West Saxons, for help against the rebellious Welsh king
Rhodri the Great. Æthelwulf agrees to send help, and
Wales is subdued as far north as
Anglesey. • Burgred (who inherited his crown last year) marries Æthelwulf's daughter
Æthelswith, during a
ceremony at the royal estate at
Chippenham.
China •
Tuan Ch'eng-Shih, Chinese author and scholar during the
Tang Dynasty, publishes
Miscellaneous Offerings from Yu-yang.
By topic Religion • The
Fraumünster Church in
Zürich (modern
Switzerland) is founded by
Louis the German. == Births ==