Events

• Christian missionary Ansgar, etching by Hugo Hamilton (1830) Ansgar, Anskar or Oscar, (September 8?, 801 - February 3, 865) was an Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. The see of Hamburg was designated a Mission to bring Christianity to the North, and Ansgar became known as the Apostle of the North. Ansgar was born in... Ansgar visits Birka, trade city of the The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish (svenska) Spoken in: Sweden (Swedish: Sverige) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on... Swedes.
• Earliest date of composition for the The Historia Britonum, or The History of the Britons, is a historical work that was first written sometime shortly after AD 820, and exists in several recensions of varying difference. (A recension is a critical revision of a text, i.e. different editors have worked upon the text to produce... Historia Brittonum, attributed to Nennius, or Nemnivus, is the name of two shadowy personages traditionally associated with the history of Wales. The better known of the two is Nennius, the student of Elvodugus. Elvodugus is commonly identified with the bishop Elfoddw of Gwynedd, who convinced the rest of the Welsh portion of Celtic Christianity... Nennius, and known for its list of 12 battles of King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain. He is the central character in Arthurian legends (known as the Matter of Britain), although there is disagreement about whether Arthur, or a model for him, ever actually existed and in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he... King Arthur.
• Egbert Rank: 1st Ruled: 802–839 Predecessor: Offa Date of Birth: circa 770 Place of Birth: Wessex, England Wife: Redburga Buried: Winchester Cathedral Date of Death: 839 Parents: Ealhmund and his wife? Egbert (also Ecgberht or Ecgbert) (c. 770–839) was King of Wessex from 802 until his... Egbert of Wessex defeats the Welsh.
• Soviet postage stamp commemorating the 1200th anniversary of Muhammad al‑Khwarizmi in 1983. Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Musa al-Khwarizmi (خوارزمی in Persian, أبو عبد الله محمد بن موسى... Al-Khwarizmi writes the Hisab 'al-jabr' w?al-muqabala, an important work on Algebra (from the Arabic al-jabr meaning reunion, connection or completion) is a branch of mathematics which may be roughly characterized as a generalization and extension of arithmetic; it also refers to a particular kind of abstract algebra structure, the algebra over a field. Algebra may be roughly divided into... algebra.
• Borobudur from a distance Borobudur, located in the Indonesian island of Java, 40 km (25mi) north-west of Yogyakarta, is a Buddhist stupa related to the Mahayana tradition, and the largest Buddhist monument on earth. It was built between 750 and 850 CE by the Javanese rulers of the Sailendra... Borobodur is completed as a Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit; in Pāli, Siddhattha Gotama), who lived between approximately 563 and... Buddhist monument, after about 50 years of work.

Births

• Emperor Kōkō (光孝天皇) (830-887) was the 58th imperial ruler of Japan. He reigned from 884 to 887. Preceded by: Yozei Emperor of Japan Succeeded by: Uda Categories: 830 births | 887 deaths | Japanese emperors ... Emperor Koko of Japan (d. Years: 883 884 885 886 - 887 - 888 889 890 891 Decades: 850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Events Emperor Uda ascends to the throne of Japan Births Deaths Emperor Koko of Japan Categories: 887 ... 887)
• Carloman (830-880) was a member of the Eastern Frankish Carolingian ruling house. The son of Louis the German, King of the East Franks, and Emma, daughter of the count Welf, he received the title of King of Bavaria from his father in 876. Upon the death of Charles the... Carloman, King of Bavaria (d. For other uses, see number 880. Years: 876 877 878 879 - 880 - 881 882 883 884 Decades: 850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Contents // 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Heads of states 5 See also Events Establishment of the kingdom... 880)

Deaths

• Saint Glastian, mediator between The Scots tribe originated from Ireland, from the now-called counties Antrim and Down. In 500 under King Fergus, the Scots invaded Argyll and established the realm known as Dál Riata (Dalriada) in the Pictish lands known as Caledonian by the Romans. However, the relationship between these two peoples... Scots and The Picts inhabited Caledonia (Scotland), north of the River Forth. The name Pict comes from the Romans: in Latin the word Picti means painted folk or possibly tattooed ones and may be akin to the Welsh word Pryd meaning to mark or draw. Julius Caesar mentions the Celtic custom of... Picts