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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

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)