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Events
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Asia
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Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent ofJapan , starting the Fujiwara regentship.Europe
* Alfonso III succeeds as king of Asturias.
* Louis II beats theSaracen invaders inItaly .
*Ivar the Boneless crosses over to England and beats and captures kingAella of Northumbria , thus revenging his fatherRagnar Lodbrok .
* Ethelred succeeds as king ofWessex (or865 ).
* A "greatViking army" capturesYork .
* Harold Fairhair (850 –933 ) wins a decisive battle in his quest to become king of all ofNorway .By Topic
Religion
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Pope Nicholas I forbids the use oftorture in prosecutions forwitchcraft .Births
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September 19 — Leo,Byzantine Emperor (d.912 )Deaths
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April —Bardas , co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire (murdered)
*May 27 — KingOrdono I of Asturias
*al-Kindi , Muslim philosopher
*Linji , Chinese monk of theTang Dynasty who founded theRinzai school ofBuddhism
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