- 840s
Events and Trends
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841 —Dublin is founded byViking settlers ofIreland .
*841 —Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye fought between the two allied brothersLouis the German andCharles the Bald and their other brother the emperorLothair I in their contention over the division of theCarolingian Empire and the title of emperor.
*842 —Charles the Bald andLouis the German pledge their allegiance to each other and their opposition of the emperorLothair I in theOaths of Strasbourg .
*845 —Vikings raidWestern Francia (France ).
* After the death ofLouis the Pious , his sonsCharles the Bald ,Louis the German andLothair II of Lotharingia fight about the division of the empire until thetreaty of Verdun (843).
* Vikings conquerFrisia , the presentNetherlands and the German North Sea coastline.
* Beginning of Arab domination onTaranto , which lasts until880 .ignificant people
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Alfred the Great
*Louis the Pious
*Charles the Bald
*Ermentrude of Orléans
*Louis the Stammerer
*Louis the German
*Lothair I
*Kenneth I of Scotland
*Ragnar Lodbrok
*Michael III Births
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844 — Birth ofAbdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi .
*844 — Birth ofJudith of Flanders .
*844 — Birth ofYu Xuanji .
*845 — Birth ofCharles of Provence .
*846 — Birth ofHasan al-Askari .
*846 — Birth ofLouis the Stammerer .
*847 — Birth ofAlfred the Great .
*848 — Birth ofCharles the Child .
*847 — Birth ofWang Jian (Former Shu) .
*849 — Birth ofCarloman, son of Charles the Bald .Deaths
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840 — Death ofLouis the Pious .
*840 — Death ofEmperor Junna .
*840 — Death ofEmperor Wenzong of Tang .
*841 — Death ofZongmi .
*841 — Death ofLi Ao (philosopher) .
*842 — Death ofAl-Mu'tasim .
*842 — Death ofEmperor Saga .
*842 — Death ofAlfonso II of Asturias .
*842 — Death ofTheophilos (emperor) .
*842 — Death ofLiu Yuxi .
*843 — Death ofJia Dao .
*844 — Death ofMichael I Rangabe .
*844 — Death ofPope Gregory IV .
*844 — Death ofMerfyn Frych .
*846 — Death ofBai Juyi .
*846 — Death ofJang Bogo .
*846 — Death ofHarald Klak .
*846 — Death ofEmperor Wuzong of Tang .
*847 — Death ofPope Sergius II .
*847 — Death ofFeidlimid mac Cremthanin .
*847 — Death ofAl-Wathiq .
*849 — Death ofWalafrid Strabo .Marriages
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842 — Marriage betweenCharles the Bald andErmentrude of Orléans .
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