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Events
By Place
Europe
* The
Glagolitic alphabet , devised by Cyril and Methodius, missionaries fromConstantinople , is adopted in theBulgarian Empire .
*Alfred the Great capturesLondon and renames itLundenburgh . The boundaries betweenWessex and theDanelaw are shifted.
* Alfred the Great builds a small harbour called Queenhythe slightly upstream fromLondon Bridge .
* Alfred the Great mints the firsthalfpenny . Previous halfpennies had been pennies cut in half.
* Earl Aethelred is given control of London by Alfred the Great. Alfred's sisterEthelfleda marries Aethelred.
* Khan Boris I ofBulgaria establishes the Preslav andOhrid Literary School s.
* Charles II of France purchases peace with Vikings andRollo of Normandy , then lifts his siege of Paris.
*Odo, Count of Paris becomes Count ofAnjou on the death ofHugh the Abbot .Byzantine Empire
* Leo VI succeeds his stepfather
Basil I as Byzantine emperor and replaces patriarch Photius with his brother Stephen I.Births
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Adalbert II
*Ibn Muqlah Deaths
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August 29 —Basil I ,Byzantine Emperor
*Adalbert, Duke of Tuscany
*Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi , Persian astronomer
* Heongang, king ofSilla (in modernKorea )
* Wulgrin I,Count of Angoulême
*Muhammad I of Córdoba , leader of theUmayyad dynasty
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