By place Europe • The Frankish
nobles, who have ruled
Provence in
anarchy (since
887), declare
Louis the Blind (a son of the late
usurper King
Boso) ruler of
Lower Burgundy, at an assembly at
Valence. • The sovereignty of
Svatopluk I, ruler (
knyaz) of
Moravia, is confirmed in
Bohemia.
Lusatia becomes a part of his kingdom (approximate date).
Britain • King
Alfred the Great begins to commission and undertake a series of translations into
Old English, beginning with his own version of Pope
Gregory the Great's
Pastoral Care. • Lord
Æthelred II and Lady
Æthelflæd (a daughter of Alfred the Great) of the
Mercians found the
Priory of St. Oswald in
Gloucester (probably originally dedicated to
St. Peter). •
Ohthere of Hålogaland, a Norse
Viking seafarer, narrates the story of his travels to Alfred the Great, who arranges for it to be written down. • King
Anarawd ap Rhodri of
Gwynedd makes the first ceremonial visit to an English
court (that of Alfred the Great). • King
Donald II of
Scotland expels the British
aristocracy of
Strathclyde. They flee south to
North Wales. • The town of
Kirby Muxloe (in modern-day
Leicestershire) is founded in
England (approximate date). == Births ==