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Events
By Place
Europe
★
Treaty of Verdun divides the
Carolingian empire between the 3 sons of
Louis the Pious (
France). Namely
Charles the Bald,
Lothar and
Louis the German.
★
Kenneth I (Cináed mac Ailpín), King of the Scots, also becomes
King of the Picts, thus becoming the first monarch of the new
nation of
Scotland. Beginning of the rule of the
Alpin dynasty of
Scottish kings.
Asia
★ In the
Tang Dynasty Chinese capital of
Chang'an, a large fire consumed 4,000 homes,
warehouses, and other buildings in the
East Market, yet the rest of the city was at a safe distance from the blaze (which was largely
quarantined in
East Central Chang'an thanks to the large width of roads in Chang'an that produced fire breaks).
By Topic
Religion
★ End of
iconoclastic controversies in
Byzantium.
Births
Deaths
★
Jia Dao, Chinese poet and Buddhist monk (born
779)