810
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- In Upper Saxony, a meteor startles Charlemane's horse, throwning him to the ground. [521]
- July 8
- Pepin, son of Charlemagne, king of Italy, dies. [1]
811
- December 4
- Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about age 39. [1]
814
- January 28
- Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at age 71. [1]
816
- February 5
- Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity. [1]
- June 12
- Saint Leo III ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
- June 22
- Stephen IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
817
- January 24
- Stefanus IV [V/Colonna] dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (816-17). [1]
- Saint Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope, succeeding Stephen IV. [1]
818
- April 17
- King Bernhard I of Italy dies. [1]
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820
- January 20
- Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, Islamic (Book of Mother), dies. [1]
- The Book of Mother is published. [1]
- (month unknown)
- Calif Al Mamoun forces a tunnel in the northern face and enters the upper chamber of the Great Pyramid, finding the room completely empty of treasures or inscriptions. Approximate measurements: 34 feet length, 17 feet wide, 19 feet high, 150 feet vertical elevation above the base. Also, a lower smaller chamber is also empty. [1618.43,85]
- December 25
- Leo V the Armenian, Byzantine general/Emperor (813-20), murdered. [1]
821
- February 11
- Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies. [1]
823
- April 5
- Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France. [1]
824
- February 11
- Paschal I, Italian Catholic Pope (817-24), dies. [1]
828
- April 5
- Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about age 77. [1]
837
- February 27
- Fifteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]
- April 10
- Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth, the closest in 2000 years. [1]
838
- January 4
- Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred. [1]
- December 13
- King Pippijn I of Aquitania dies. [1]
840
- March 14
- Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at age 69. [1]
842
- January 20
- Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies. [1]
- February 14
- Charles II and Louis the German sign treaty. [1]
- February 19
- Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates the veneration of icons in the churches. [1]
- March 20
- Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies. [1]
843
- March 11
- Icon worship officially re-instated in Aya Sofia Constantinople. [1]
- April 19
- Judith, French empress/second wife of Louis de Vrome, dies. [1]
844
- January 25
- Gregory IV begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
847
- January 27
- Sergius II dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (844-847). [1]
- April 10
- Saint Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
850
- April 20
- Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne. [1]
852
- April 29
- Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at age 76. [1]
855
- July 17
- Saint Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
- September 29
- Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
856
- February 4
- Hrabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz, dies. [1]
- December 22
- In Damghan, Iran, an earthquake with estimated magnitude 7.9 occurs, causing estimated 200,000 deaths. [53]
858
- January 13
- Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies. [1]
- April 17
- Benedict III dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (855-58). [1]
- April 24
- Nicolas I succeeds Benedict III as Catholic Pope. [1]
861
- May 19
- A meteorite falls in the Shinto temple grounds at Nogata-shi in Japan. [523.19]
863
- December 13
- Boudouin with the Iron Arm weds Charles de Kales' daughter Judith. [1]
865
- February 3
- Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German first (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies. [1]
866
- January 10
- Lin-chi I-hsuan [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies. [1]
- May 27
- King Ordoño I of Asturia (850-66) dies. [1]
867
- February 11
- Theodora the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies. [1]
- November 13
- Saint Nicholas I (the Great) dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (858-67). [1]
- December 14
- Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
869
- February 14
- Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies. [1]
- October 5
- Fourth Council of Constantinople (eighth ecumenical council) opens. [1]
870
- February 28
- Eighth ecumenical council ends in Constantinople. [1]
- December 31
- Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army. [1]
871
- January 4
- Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army. [1]
- January 8
- Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army. [1]
- January 22
- Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex. [1]
- March 2
- Battle at Marton: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army. [1]
- April 23
- Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies. [1]
872
- December 14
- Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about age 80. [1]
- John VIII begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
874
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- Norwegian Ingólf Arnarson leads a colonizing expedition to Iceland. [1396.31]
875
- December 16
- Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about age 75. [1]
- December 25
- Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome. [1]
876
- January 31
- Charles becomes king of Italy. [1]
879
- January 21
- Boudouin with the Iron Arm, Earl of Flanders, dies. [1]
- April 10
- Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies. [1]
- Louis III crowned King of France. [1]
882
- January 20
- Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies. [1]
- December 16
- John VIII dies, ending his reign as Italian Catholic Pope (872-82). [1]
- Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
883
- March 8
- Albumasar [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies. [1]
884
- May 15
- Marinus I [Martinus II] dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (882-84). [1]
- May 17
- Saint Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
- December 12
- Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies. [1]
885
- April 6
- Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies. [1]
888
- January 13
- Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies. [1]
- Duke Odo becomes king of West-France. [1]
891
- February 6
- Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies. [1]
- September 1
- Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France. [1]
- September 14
- Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
- October 6
- Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
896
- February 22
- Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor. [1]
- April 4
- Formosus dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (891-896). [1]
898
- January 1
- Odo, Earl of Paris/king of France (888-898), dies at about age 39. [1]
899
- December 8
- Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies. [1]
900
- October 28
- Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies. [1] (October 26, 901 [1])
909
- December 7
- Sa'id ibn-Hussein is proclaimed Ubaydullah al-Mahdi in Tunis. [1458.10]
910
- December 20
- Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies. [1]
911
- April 14
- Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies. [1]
912
- April 6
- Nottker, "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about age 71. [1]
- May 12
- Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at age 45. [1]
918
- March 1
- Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht. [1]
- December 21
- Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies. [1] (December 23 [1])
919
- May 12
- Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich. [1]
922
- March 27
- Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at age 64. [1]
923
- February 16
- Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, Islamic historian, dies at age 83. [1]
924
- April 7
- Emperor Berengarius I of Italy murdered. [1]
930
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- People of Iceland establish the Althing, the first pan-Icelandic assembly, possibly world's first parliament. [1396.31]
933
- March 15
- Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren. [1]
936
- January 3
- Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII. [1]
942
- May 16
- Saadiah Gaon head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies. [1]
946
- January 15
- Caliph al-Mustaqfi blinded/ousted. [1]
- May 25
- Edmund the Older king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies. [1]
947
- April 10
- Hugo van Arles count of Arles/king of Italy, dies. [1]
953
- April 21
- Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights. [1]
955
- May 16
- Alberich II, illegitimate son of Octavianus elected pope. [1]
956
- February 17
- Hugo the Great earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about age 55. [1]
961
- May 26
- German King Otto II crowned. [1]
962
- January 1
- Boudouin III count of Flanders, dies. [1]
- February 2
- Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor. [1]
963
- March 15
- Romanus II Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at age 25. [1]
- December 6
- Leo VIII elected Pope. [1]
964
- May 14
- John XII [Octavianus] Pope (955-64), dies. [1]
965
- March 1
- Leo VIII Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies. [1]
- March 27
- Arnulf I the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies. [1]
- (month unknown)
- King Harald Bluetooth has a stone (the Jelling Stone) carved to recored his achievements in making the Danes Christian. [1458.28]
967
- December 25
- John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor. [1]
969
- January 29
- Peter tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies. [1]
- December 10
- Nicephorus II Phocas Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered. [1]
- December 25
- Johannes I Tzimisces, crowned emperor of Byzantium. [1]
972
- April 14
- Notger becomes bishop of Liege. [1]
973
- January 14
- Ekkehard I monk of Saint Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies. [1]
- January 19
- Pope Benedictus VI elected. [1]
- May 7
- Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at age 60. [1]
974
- April 25
- Ratherius of Verona/Liege bishop/abbot, dies at about age 84. [1]
975
- December 27
- Balderik bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies. [1]
976
- January 10
- John I Tzimisces co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at age 51. [1]
978
- March 18
- Edward the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at age 15. [1]
- Saint Edward the Martyr king of Anglo-Saxons (975-78) dies. [1]
979
- April 14
- Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England. [1]
- December 25
- Rotardus appointed as bishop of the kingdom. [1]
981
- June 19
- Death of Saint Adalbert von Magdeburg; established Christianity in Russia in 961, Bishop of Magdeburg. [37]
983
- December 7
- Otto II the Red German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about age 28. [1]
986
- March 2
- Lotharius King of France (954-86), dies at age 44. [1]
987
- May 21
- Louis V last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies. [1]
- May 22
- Louis V le Faineant the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at age 20. [1]
- December 30
- French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king. [1]
988
- March 30
- Arnulf II count of Flanders (965-988), dies. [1]
- Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders. [1]
- May 6
- Dirk II West Frisian count of Holland. [1]
- May 19
- Dunstan[us] English archbishop of Canterbury, dies. [1]
- (month unknown)
- Prince Vladimir I of Kiev strikes first known Russian gold and silver coins. [1030.1060]
989
- April 13
- Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas. [1]
990
- January 1
- Russia adopts Julian calendar. [1]
- April 23
- Ekkehart II [Palatinus] monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies. [1]
995
- May 10
- Boudouin bishop of Utrecht. [1]
996
- May 21
- Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor. [1]
997
- April 23
- Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague second bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at age 40. [1]
999
- February 18
- Gregory V [Bruno] first German Pope, dies. [1]
- April 2
- Gerbert of Aurillac elected as first French Pope. [1]
- December 16
- Adelheid the Saint German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about age 68. [1]
- December 25
- Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne. [1]
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