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Events
By Place
Europe
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Louis II succeeds
Lothar as western emperor. Two other sons,
Lothar II and
Charles, also get parts of the kingdom.
★ The
Slavic alphabet is created by the
Saints Cyril and Methodius.
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Ethelwulf, king of
Wessex and
Bretwalda, abdicates in favor of his son
Ethelbald.
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Edmund becomes king of
East Anglia.
By Topic
Religion
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September 29 —
Pope Benedict III succeeds
Pope Leo IV as the 104th
pope.
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Anastasius is made
anti-pope by Lothair.
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Ethelwulf grants the
English churches the right to receive
tithes.
Births
Deaths
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March 2 —
Lothar, western emperor (b.
795)
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July 31 —
Ahmad ibn Hanbal Muslim scholar. (b.
780)
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December 8 —
Drogo of Metz
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Pope Leo IV