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 After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Lothar, Charles the Bald and Louis the German fight over the division of the empire, with Lothair succeding as Emperor. ... Events June 25: Battle of Fontenay _ Louis the German and Charles the Bald defeat Lothar. ... Events Treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian empire between the 3 sons of Louis the Pious. ... Events Succession of Pope Sergius II (844 - 847). ... Events March 28 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. ... Events The Moors temporarily recapture León. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... 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: 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s Years: 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 Events: The first Swedes arrive in Russia. ... 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 of... 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 Michael... 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. ... 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. ... This earthenware dish was made in 9th century Iraq. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ...

Events

• Oaths of Strasbourg — alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar — sworn and recorded in vernacular languages.
• Ramiro I succeeds Alfonso II as king of Asturias.
• Three year old Michael III succeeds Theophilus (emperor) as emperor of Byzantium.
• Uurad is succeeded by Bred, then Kineth.
• End of the reign of caliph Moqtasim.
• Charles the Bald marries Ermentrude.

Text of the Oaths The Oaths of Strasbourg (Modern French: les serments de Strasbourg, Modern German: die Straßburger Eide) is the name by which we know the pledges of allegiance taken in 842 by Louis the German, son of Louis the Pious, and ruler of the eastern Frankish kingdom... Louis the German (also known as Louis II) (804 - September 28, 876), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Irmengarde, was ruler of Eastern Francia from 817 until his death. ... Charles the Bald - Detail from a painting in the First Bible of Charles the Bald, painted ca. ... Sir Anduin Lothar Sir Anduin Lothar was a knight in the fictional universe of Warcraft in the Kingdom of Azeroth. ... The vernacular is the native language of a country or locality. ... Ramiro I (790?-850), became king of Asturias in 842. ... Alfonso II (759-842, king 791), Alfonso Is reputed grandson, bears the name of the Chaste. ... The Kingdom of Asturias was the first Christian nation to be established in the Iberian peninsula after it was conquered by the Islamic Moors in 711. ... Michael III (839-867), the Drunkard, was grandson of Michael II, and succeeded his father Theophilus as Byzantine emperor when he was three years old in 842. ... Theophilus (813 - 842) was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842. ... Charles the Bald - Detail from a painting in the First Bible of Charles the Bald, painted ca. ... Ermentrude (Hirmentrude, Irmintrud). ...

Deaths

• January 5 - Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
• Emperor Saga of Japan (b. 786)
• Alfonso II of Asturias (b. 759)
• Theophilus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 813)