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Contents

Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Emperor Montoku succeeds Emperor Nimmyō as Emperor of Japan.

Europe

★ Louis II is crowned co-emperor with his father Lothair I.

★ First recorded Viking attack on the Welsh coast.

★ Vikings of Rorik conquer Utrecht and keep the city for 70 years. The bishop of Utrecht takes refuge in Deventer.

By Topic

Religion

★ April 20 — Guntherus becomes Bishop of Cologne.

Births

★ Arnulf of Carinthia, King of the East Franks (d. 899)

★ Emperor Seiwa, Emperor of Japan (d. 881)

Deaths

★ Emperor Nimmyō, Emperor of Japan (b. 810)

★ Ramiro I of Asturias

★ Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī

★ Huangbo Xiyun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk