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Europe
- Prague Castle is founded.
- The Great Summer Army invades England and conquers East Anglia; the buildings destroyed by the Danish invaders include 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.
- Treaty of Meerssen: Charles the Bald and Louis the German divide Lotharingia among themselves.
- Borivoj becomes duke of Bohemia.
- Charles the Bald marries Richilde.
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Religion
- Michael II succeeds Michael I as Patriarch of Alexandria.
- The Autonomous Bulgarian Archbishopric is established.
- February 28 — The Fourth Council of Constantinople ends.
Births
- Al-Farabi, Persian philosopher and scientist
- Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia
Deaths
- November 20 — King Edmund of East Anglia
- al-Bukhari, Persian hadith compiler
- Al-Kindi, philosopher
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