Events

• Prague Castle founded
• February 28 - End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople.
• The Danes invade England and conquer East Anglia.
• Among the buildings destroyed by the Danish invaders are the abbey of Ely and the monastery of Peterborough.
• December 31 - The Danes are defeated by a Saxon army at Englefield, Berkshire. It is the first of a series of battles between Wessex and the Danes.
• Malta is conquered by Arabs from Sicily.
• Establishment of autonomous Bulgarian Archbishopric.
• Treaty of Mersen: Charles the Bald and Louis the German divide Lotharingia among themselves.
• Borivoj becomes duke of Bohemia.
• Michael II succeeds Michael I as patriarch of Alexandria
• Charles the Bald marries Richilde.

Births

• Al-Farabi, Persian philosopher and scientist
• Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia

Deaths

• November 20 - King Edmund of East Anglia
• al-Bukhari, Persian Hadith compiler

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