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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Byzantine Empire

Asia

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ February 14 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German sign a treaty.

★ Oaths of Strasbourg — alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar — sworn and recorded in vernacular languages.

★ Ramiro I succeeds Alfonso II as king of Asturias.

★ Uurad is succeeded by Bred, then Ciniod.

★ Charles the Bald marries Ermentrude.

Byzantine Empire

★ Three year old Michael III succeeds Theophilus (emperor) as emperor of Byzantium.

Asia

★ End of the reign of caliph Moqtasim.

★ Uyghurs leave the Mongolian plateau.

Deaths

★ January 5 — Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)

★ Emperor Saga of Japan (b. 786)

★ Alfonso II of Asturias (b. 759)

★ Theophilus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 813)

★ Liu Yuxi, Chinese poet, philosopher, and essayist (born 772)