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Events

By Place

Europe

• Nominoe occupies Nantes and Rennes, he makes raids in Anjou and threatens Bayeux. Charles the Bald recognizes him as King of Brittany after being defeated three times.
• The Moors temporarily recapture León.
• Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid becomes the first High King of Ireland
• August - Arab pirates sack the Vatican.

Asia

• Xuanzong II succeeds Wuzong as emperor of China.
• Jang Bogo, a powerful maritime hegemon of Silla, is assassinated by aristocratic elements.

Births

• November 1 — Louis the Stammerer, King of West-Francia (d. 879)
• December 6 — Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)

Deaths

• Bai Ju Yi, Chinese poet and official (b. 772)
• Jang Bogo, Korean maritime hegemon (or 841)
• King Harald Klak of Denmark
• Emperor Wuzong of Tang

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