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Events

By Place

Asia

• 11 May — The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated book, is printed.
• The Aghlabid dynasty of Tunisia takes Malta.

Europe

• In Metz, Charles the Bald and Louis the German decide on a division of the lands of former emperor Lothar (now in possession of Lothar II and Louis II).
• In England, Alfred the Great marries Ealhswith and goes to the aid of Burgred of Mercia, who is attacked by Danes.
• The First County of Portugal is established by Vímara Peres, after the reconquest from the Moors of the region north of the Douro River.
• Aed Finliath drives the invading Danes and Norwegians out of Ireland, after defeating them at the Battle of Killineery.

By Topic

Religion

• Ratramnus writes Contra Graecorum Opposita.

Births

• Muhammad al-Mahdi, Shia Imam

Deaths

• July 1 — Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (b. 828)
• Al-Jahiz, an Arabic prose writer, historian, and author of works of adab, Mu'tazili theology, and politico-religious polemics (b. 776).

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