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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ 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.

★ Ethelwulf, king of Wessex and Bretwalda, abdicates in favor of his son Ethelbald.

★ Edmund becomes king of East Anglia.

By Topic

Religion

★ September 29 — Pope Benedict III succeeds Pope Leo IV as the 104th pope.

★ Anastasius is made anti-pope by Lothair.

★ Ethelwulf grants the English churches the right to receive tithes.

Births

Deaths

★ March 2 — Lothar, western emperor (b. 795)

★ July 31 — Ahmad ibn Hanbal Muslim scholar. (b. 780)

★ December 8 — Drogo of Metz

★ Pope Leo IV