Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... ( 8th century - 9th century - 10th century - other centuries) Events Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in western Europe Viking attacks on Europe begin Oseberg ship burial The... ( 9th century - 10th century - 11th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ...

Decades: 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s Years: 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 Events and trends: Charlemagne expands the Frankish kingdom by gains in Saxony, Bavaria and Spain. ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s Years: 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 Events and trends: In 793, the Vikings sack the monastery of Lindisfarne. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 750s 760s 770s 780s 790s - 800s - 810s 820s 830s 840s 850s Years: 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 Significant Events and Trends Swedish town of Birka founded as a centre of trade on the island of Björk... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s Years: 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 Trends and events: 814 - Charlemagne dies; transfer of united territory to Louis the Pious. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s Years: 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 Events: Egbert of Wessex rises to the position of Bretwalda. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 790s - 800s _ 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s Years: 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 Events: After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothair II... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 Events Samara the Sweet is born. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 810s - 820s _ 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s - 910s Years: 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 Events Rurik establishes the state of Novgorod (later Kievan Rus) Basil I has first caesar Bardas (866), then emperor... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 820s - 830s _ 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s - 910s - 920s Years: 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 Events and trends The Danes invade England (870) and conquer East Anglia. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 830s - 840s _ 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s - 910s - 920s - 930s Years: 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 Events and trends 885: Vikings lay siege for Paris 886: Alfred the Great of Wessex captures London Important people...

Years: 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 Events Christian missionary Ansgar visits Birka, trade city of the Swedes. ... Events The Saracens capture Palermo. ... Events Theophilus forbids the usage of icons, establishing strict punishments. ... Events End of the reign of caliph Al-Mamun Nimmyo succeeds Junna as emperor of Japan Creation of Great Moravia Births Deaths October 10 - al-Mamun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad Categories: 833 ... Events First Viking raid of Dorestad. ... Events Ragnar Lodbrok rises to power (approximate date) The celebration of All Saints is made an obligation throughout the Frankish Empire and fixed on November 1. ... Events Abbasid caliph al-Mutasim establishes new capital at Samarra, Iraq. ... Events Pietro Tradonico elected Doge of Venice. ... Events At Hingston Down, Egbert of Wessex beats the Danish and the West Welsh. ... Events Louis the Pious attempts to divide his empire among his sons. ...

Events:

• The first Swedes arrive in Russia. (The Rus', from Roslagen)
• The Viking raids in Western Europe get more severe. They plunder Dorestad and establish themselves in Ireland.
• Louis the Pious and his sons fight about the division of the empire.
• Second Iconoclastic period in the Byzantine Empire (813-843).

Important people: The origins of the Rus (or Rus , Русь) are controversial. ... Roslagen is the name of the coastal areas of Uplandia in Sweden, which also constitutes the northern part of the Stockholm Archipelago. ... The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the British Isles, and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... In the early Middle Ages, Dorestad, was one of the most important and flourishing cities in The Netherlands. ... Louis the Pious making penance at Attigny in 822. ... Literally, iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons and other sacred images or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ...

• Louis the Pious
• Egbert of Wessex
• Ansgar