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Events

By Place

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Earliest date of composition for the Historia Brittonum, attributed to Nennius, and known for its list of 12 battles of King Arthur.

★ Egbert of Wessex defeats the Welsh.

By Topic

Religion

★ Borobodur is completed as a Buddhist monument, after about 50 years of work.

★ Christian missionary Ansgar visits Birka, trade city of the Swedes.

Births

★ Emperor Kōkō, emperor of Japan (d. 887)

★ Carloman, King of Bavaria (d. 880)

★ Dae Ijin, king of Korean-Manchurian kingdom of Balhae (d. 857)

Deaths

★ Saint Glastian, mediator between Scots and Picts