800 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Book of Kells
Charlemagne crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by Pope Leo III - Christmas Day (12/25)
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Vikings invade Germany
Arab culture appears in Europe
Aghlabid (Sunni) dynasty begins in Tunisia, eastern Algeria, Sicily (-909)
Beginning of Karaite sect
Founding of the kingdom of Kanem (Africa)
Maori people begin first wave of migration to New Zealand from Eastern Polynesia - complete by 1300
Cultivation of music in the monasteries
Al Kindi 800-873
Eriugena, Johannes Scottus 800-877 (810-) Ecclesiastical Intellectual
801 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
802 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Isaurian Dynasty in Byzantine Empire Ends
Irene - (Byzantine Empire) (797-) deposed
Nicephorus I + (Byzantine Empire) (-811)
Egbert + (Wessex) (-839)
803 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Charlemagne recovers Andorra from Muslims
Harun al Raschid suddenly ends power of the Barmecide family of Abbasid viziers in Baghdad
Sigurd Snogoie - (Denmark) (794-) Sigfred
Godfred + (Denmark) (-810)
804 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Bjorn Ironside - (Sweden) (794-) Skioldung
Eric Bjornson + (Sweden) (-808) Skioldung
Louis the German 804-876
Alcuin of York 730-804
805 Palace Chapel of Charlemagne construction ends - Minster of Aix-la-Chapelle dedicated
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Charlemagne conquers Saxony
806 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Nicephoros I becomes Patriarch of Constantinople (4/12)
Nicephoros I + (Patriarchate of Constantinople) (806-815) Patriarch
Hincmar 806-882 Churchman (Frankish Kingdom)
807 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
808 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Eric Bjornson - (Sweden) (804-) Skioldung
Eric Raefillson + (Sweden) (-820) Skioldung
809 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Civil war between Amin and Ma'mun (-813)
Harun al-Rashid - (Abbasid Caliphate) (786-) 5th Abbasid Caliph
al-Amin + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-812) 6th Abbasid Caliph
Harun al Raschid 766-809
810 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Godfred - (Denmark) (803-)
Canute I + (Denmark) (-850) Harde-Knud (Hardicanute)
811 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Pliska - Nicephoros I emperor killed (7/26)
Nicephorus I - (Byzantine Empire) (802-)
Stauracius +- (Byzantine Empire) *****
Michael I + (Byzantine Empire) (-813) Rhangabe
812 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
al-Amin - (Abbasid Caliphate) (809-) 6th Abbasid Caliph
813 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
First Bulgar siege of Constantinople
Reign of Ma'mun - translation movement (-833)
Arabic science and learning flourishes - espousal of Mu'takilism as the official theology
Michael I - (Byzantine Empire) (811-) Rhangabe
Leo III + (Byzantine Empire) (-820) the Armenian
al-Ma'mun + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-833) 7th Abbasid Caliph (s. Harun al Rashid)
814 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Charlemagne dies (1/28)
Earliest known diplomas of privileges to Jews (under Louis I the Pious)
Arabs adopt Indian numerals 0-9
Charlemagne - (France) (771-)
Louis I the Pious + (France) (-840) (HR Emperor) s. Charlemagne
Bernard + (Carolingian Dynasty) (-818) Grandson of Charlemagne
Charlemagne 742-814
815 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Death of Abu Nuwas - celebrated poet of Abbasid court
Second period of iconoclasm begins
816 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Leo III - (795-)
Stephen IV (or V) + (-817)
Agobard + (Archbishop of Lyons) (-840)
817 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Louis the Pious crowns his son Lothair co-emperor
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-819) Anti-Caliph
Stephen IV (or V) - (816-)
Paschal I + (-824)
818 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Bernard - (Carolingian Dynasty) (814-) Grandson of Charlemagne
Lothair I + (Carolingian Dynasty) (-855) Grandson of Charlemagne
819 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Mamun finally enters Baghdad after overthrow of anti-caliph Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (817-) Anti-Caliph
820 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Amorian dynasty in Byzantine Empire (-867)
Death of Shafi'i - founder of the Shafi'ite School of Law
Leo III - (Byzantine Empire) (813-) the Armenian
Michael II + (Byzantine Empire) (-829) 1st Amorian Emperor
Eric Raefillson - (Sweden) (808-) Skioldung
Emund and Bjorn + (Sweden) (-859) Skioldung
Grimbald 820-903
Sankara 788-820
821 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Peace between China and Tibet
822 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Hakam I - (Cordovan Amirate) (799-)
Abder Rahman II + (Cordovan Amirate) (-852)
823 Ebbo Gospels
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Pope re-crowns Lothair Emperor of the West
Charles II the Bald 823-877
824 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Lothair issues a constitution proclaiming his right to confirm papal elections
Gudrod Mikillati - (Norway) (784-)
Olaf Geirstada + (Norway)
Paschal I - (817-)
Eugene II + (-827)
Han Yu 767-824
825 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Aghlabids start conquest of Sicily
826 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
827 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Eugene II - (824-)
Valentine +- *****
Gregory IV + (-844)
828 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Egbert of Wessex recognized as overlord of other English kings
Arabs begin conquest of Byzantine Sicily
829 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
St. Ansgar introduces Christianity to Sweden
Michael II - (Byzantine Empire) (820-) the Amorian
Theophilus + (Byzantine Empire) (-842)
830 Utrecht Psalter
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
House of Wisdom founded in Baghdad by Mamun - translating Greek works into Arabic
831 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Muslims capture Palermo
832 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
833 Reign of Mu'tasim - beginning of domination by Turkish bodyguards (-842)
al Ma'mun - (Abbasid Caliphate) (813-) 7th Abbasid Caliph (s. Harun al Rashid)
al-Mu'tasim + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-842) 8th Abbasid Caliph
Mamun 786-833 7th Abbasid Caliph
834 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
835 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
836 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Abassids transfer royal capital from Baghdad to Samarra (-892)
837 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
838 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Louis the Pious divides his empire among his three sons
Arabs take Amorium from Byzantine Empire
839 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Egbert - (Wessex) (802-)
Aethelwulf + (Wessex) (-858)
840 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Lothair I Emperor to 855 - his brothers ally against him
Mojmir forms a confederation of Slav tribes in Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Transylvania
Uighur empire destroyed
Louis I the Pious - (France) (Holy Roman Emperor)
Charles II the Bald + (France) (Holy Roman Emperor)
Inigo Arista + (Navarre)
Olaf Geirstada - (Norway)
Halfdan Svart + (Norway)
Agobard - (Archbishop of Lyons)
Louis I The Pious 778-840 King/Emperor (France/HRE)
841 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Fontenay - Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat Lothair I and Pepin II (6/25)
Religious persecutions in China (-845)
842 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Oaths of Strasbourg - between Louis the German (East Franks) and Charles the Bald (West)
Oaths of Strasbourg - Louis and Charles pledge their allegiance against their brother emperor Lothair
Khitan people invade Uygur Empire - Uygers move west - Empire collapses
Theophilus - (Byzantine Empire) (829-)
Michael III + (Byzantine Empire) (-867) (the Drunkard)
al-Mu'tasim - (Abbasid Caliphate) (833-) 8th Abbasid Caliph
al-Wathiq + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-847) 9th Abbasid Caliph
Alfonso II - (Asturias) (791-) the Chaste
Ramiro I + (Asturias) (842-850)
843 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Treaty of Verdun - redivides Frankish Empire into three spheres of influence
Treaty of Verdun - Ludwig the German: East Franconia; Charles the Bald: West Franconia; Lothair: Italy etc.
Council of Orthodoxy - Iconoclast movement defeated
Kingdoms of the Picts and DalRadian (Scots unite)
Kenneth I MacAlpine + (Scotland) (843-860) Picts and Scots United
844 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Louis II, son of Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Sergius II in Rome (6/15)
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Kenneth MacAlpine conquers Picts and unifies Scotland
Gregory IV - (827-)
John (antipope) +- *****
Sergius II + (-847)
845 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Viking raiders under Ragnar Lodbrok sack Paris - collect first danegeld in exchange for leaving (3/28)
Vikings sack Hamburg
Vikings sack Melun
846 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Muslim raiders penetrate thirteen miles up the Tiber and devastate the suburbs of Rome and St. Peter's Church
Rise of Cholas and defeat of Pallavis
Rastislav + (Great Moravia) (846-870)
847 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Methodios, Patriarch of Constantinople dies (6/14)
Ignatius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople (7/4)
Drust X ... (Pict Kingdom) (845-848) King
Kenneth I MacAlpine ... (Scotland) (843-860)
Rhodri the Great ... (Gwynedd) (844-878) King
Beorhtwulf ... (Mercia) (840-852) 24th King
Ethelwulf ... (Wessex)(Kent) (839-856) King
Aethelweard ... (East Anglia) (845-854) King
Ramiro I ... (Kingdom of Asturias) (842-850) King
Íńigo I ... (Pamplona) (824-852) 1st King (Íńiguez Dynasty)
Jimeno I ... (Pamplona) (???-860) King (sub-king) (Jimenez Dyn.)
Abder Rahman II ... (Cordovan Amirate) (822-852) Emir
Pepin II ... (Aquitaine) (838-864) King (s. Pepin I)
Charles the Bald ... (West Francia) (843-877) King (s. Louis the Pious)
Lothair I ... (HRE)(Middle Francia) (840-)(843-855) Emperor (s. Louis the Pious)
Louis II the German ... (East Francia) (843-877) King (s. Louis the Pious)
Louis II ... (Italy) (844-875) King (s. Lothair I)
Hincmar + (Archbishopric of Reims) (847-882)
Rastislav ... (Great Moravia) (846-870)
Pietro Tradonico ... (Venice) (837-864) Doge
Sergius II - (Patriarchate of Rome) (844-847)
Leo IV + (Patriarchate of Rome (847-855) 103rd Pope
Theodora ... (Byzantine Empire) (842-855) Regent (m. Michael III)
Michael III ... (Byzantine Empire) (842-867) (the Drunkard) Amorian Dyn.
Methodios I - (Patriarchate of Constantinople) (843-847)
Ignatius + (Patriarchate of Constantinople) (847-858)1
al-Wathiq - (Abbasid Caliphate) (842-847) 9th Abbasid Caliph
al-Mutawakkil + (Abbasid Caliphate) (847-861) 10th Abbasid Caliph
Bhoja I ... (Pratihara Kingdom) (836-886) King
Amoghavarsha I ... (Rashtrakuta Kingdom) (814-878) King
Vijayaditya II - (Eastern Chalukya Kingdom) (808-847) King
Vishnuvardhana V + (Eastern Chalukya Kingdom) (847-849) King
Devapala (Pala Kingdom) (810-850) King
Xuanzong ... (Tang China) (846-859) Emperor (Li Chen)
Munseong ... (Silla Kingdom) (839-857) King
Dae Ijin ... (Balhae Kingdom) (830-???) King
Nimmyo ... (Heian Japan) (833-850) 54th Emperor
Jayavarman II ... (Khmer Empire)Devaraja cult (802-850) Emperor
??????? (Third Chinese Domination of Annam) (???-???)
848 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Charles the Bald, Louis the German, and Lothar meet in Koblenz (6/22)
The Saracens destroy Leontini
Mael Sechlainn I defeats a Norse army at Sciath Nechtain in Ireland
849 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Pagan Kingdom established (-1287 Mongol Conquest
Strabo, Walafrid -849 Monk (Germany) 8/18
850 Beginning of Polyphony
Great Mosque at Samara built
Acropolis of Zimbabwe built
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Death of Kindi - first Arab philosopher
University of Constantinople opens
Ramiro I - (Asturias) (842-)
Ordono I + (Asturias) (-866)
Al Battani 850-929
Al Khowarizmi 780-850
851 Dedication of the Bible to Charles the Bald (Bible of Charles the Bald)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Inigo Arista - (Navarre)
852 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Abder Rahman II - (Cordovan Amirate) (822-852) Emir
Mohammed I + (Cordovan Amirate) (-886)
Boris + (Bulgaria) (-893) Czar Michael Simeon
853 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
854 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Eric I - (Denmark) (850-) Haarik
Eric II + (Denmark) (-883) Haarik
855 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Lothair's lands are again divided
Death of Ahmad ibn Hanbal - founder of the Hanbalite School of Law
Lothair I - (Carolingian Dynasty) (818-) Grandson of Charlemagne
Ludwig II (Louis) + (Carolingian Dynasty) (-875) Holy Roman Emperor (s. of Louis I)
Leo IV - (847-)
Benedict III + (-858)
Anastasias (antipope) +- *****
Lothair I 795-855
856 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Main tide of Viking assaults on England (-875)
857 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Photian Schism - Byzantine Church under Photius challenges the authority of the Pope (867)
Photius + (Patriarch of Constantinople) Ignatius abdicated
858 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Aethelwulf - (England) (839-) King of Wessex
Aethelbald + (England) (-860) King of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Benedict III - (855-)
Nicholas I + (-867)
859 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
860 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Riurik in Novgorod
First Russian raid on Constantinople
Aethelbald - (England) (858-) King of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Aethelbert + (England) (-865) King of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Kenneth I MacAlpine - (Scotland) (843-)
Donald I + (Scotland) (-863)
861 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Vikings discover Iceland
Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil murdered by his bodyguards - first to end in that fashion
al-Mutawakkil - (Abbasid Caliphate) (847-) 10th Abbasid Caliph murdered
al-Muntasir + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-862) 11th Abbasid Caliph
862 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Rurik with the Viking tribe of Russ seizes power in northern Russia - Novgorod founded
al-Muntasir - (Abbasid Caliphate) (861-) 11th Abbasid Caliph
al-Musta'in + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-866) 12th Abbasid Caliph
Rurik of Novgorod + (Kiev) (879-) Grand Duke
Baldwin I + (Flanders) (-878) 1st Count
863 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Poson - Michael III defeats Arabs
Cyrillo-Methodian mission to the Slavs (-864)
Photius sends Cyril and Methodius from Constantinople to Moravia at behest of Prince Rostislav
Donald I - (Scotland) (860-)
Constantine + (Scotland) (-877)
Halfdan Svart - (Norway)
864 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Conversion (baptism) of Boris-Michael of Bulgaria
Costa ben Luca 864-923
865 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Russian Vikings attack Constantinople
The Tulunid dynasty in Egypt and Syria (-905)
Aethelbert - (England) (860-) King of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Aethelred + (England) (-871) King of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
866 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
al-Musta'in - (Abbasid Caliphate) (862-) 12th Abbasid Caliph
al-Mu'tazz + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-869) 13th Abbasid Caliph
Ordono I - (Asturias) (850-)
Alfonso III the Great + (Asturias) (-910)
867 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Macedonian Dynasty in Byzantine Empire (-1056)
Michael III - (Byzantine Empire) (842-867) (the Drunkard) murdered
Basil I the Macedonian + (Byzantine Empire) (-886)
Nicholas I - (858-)
Adrian II + (-872)
868 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
869 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Arabs conquer Malta
Death of Jahiz - literary figure
al-Mu'tazz - (Abbasid Caliphate) (866-) 13th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muhtadi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-870) 14th Abbasid Caliph
870 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Death of Bukhari - famed for his compendium of Tradition
Vikings land in England - invade Wessex
Rastislav - (Great Moravia) (846-)
al-Muhtadi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (869-) 14th Abbasid Caliph
al-Mu'tamid + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-892) 15th Abbasid Caliph
Al Farabi 870-950
871 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Reading - Danes defeat Aethelred I King of Wessex (1/4)
Battle of Ashdown - Aethelred defeats Danes in Wessex with Prince Alfred the Great commanding (1/8)
Battle of Basing - Danes defeat Aethelred I of Wessex again (1/22)
Battle of Merton - Aethelred dies in battle against Danes (4/23)
Rise of the Saffarids in Persia
Aethelred - (England) (865-) King of Wessex (s. Aethelwulf)
Alfred the Great + (England) (-899) King of Wessex (son of Aethelwulf)
Borivoj I + (Bohemia) (894-) Premyslid Count
872 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Hafrsfjord - Harald Haarfager I defeats other petty kings and becomes ruler of Norway
Harold I + (Norway) (-930) Harald Fairhair
Adrian II - (867-)
John VIII + (-882)
873 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Muhammad al Mahdi disappears at 5 years old according to Twelver Shi'a tradition
Eric Emundson - (Sweden) (859-) Skioldung
Bjorn Erickson + (Sweden) (-923) Skioldung
Al Kindi 800-873
874 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Vikings settle in Iceland
875 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Death of Muslim - famed for his Compendium of Tradition
Ludwig II (Louis) - (France) (855-) HR Emperor (Carolingian Dynasty)
Charles the Bald + (France) (-877) HR Emperor (Carolingian)(s. Louis I)
Arpad + (Hungary) Chieftan
876 Ibn Tulun Mosque construction in Cairo
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Byzantines recapture the Cilician gates - beginning of Byzantine reconquest of southern Italy
Henry the Fowler 876-936
Louis the German 804-876
877 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Anarchy follows Charles the Bald's death (10/5)
Death of Hunayn ibn Ishaq - most prominent translator of Greek works
Charles II the Bald - (France) (875-) HR Emperor (Carolingian)(s. Louis I)
Louis II the Stammerer + (France) (-879)
Carloman + (France) (-880) (Carolingian Dynasty) (n. of Lothair I)
Constantine- (Scotland) (863-)
Aed + (Scotland)
Charles II the Bald 823-877 Holy Roman Emperor
Eriugena, Johannes Scottus 800-877 Ecclesiastical Intellectual
878 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Edington - Alfred King of Wessex decesively defeats Danes (under Guthram)
Treaty of Wedmore - England divided between Wessex in the south and the Danelaw in the north
Aed - (Scotland)
Eochaid + (Scotland) (-889)
Baldwin I - (Flanders) (861-) Count
Baldwin II + (Flanders) (-918) Count
879 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Loss of Provence to Boso, count of Arles
Looting of Canton
Louis II the Stammerer - (France) (877-) (s. Charles II the Bald)
Louis III + (France) (-882)
Carloman III + (France) (-884) (s. Louis II)
Rurik of Novgorod - (Kiev) (862-) Grand Duke
Oleg (Helgi) + (Kiev) (-912) Grand Duke
880 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Byzantine Emperor Basil I recovers Italy from the Arabs
Rise of Kiev under Oleg (-912)
Carloman - (France) (877-) (Carolingian Dynasty) (n. Lothair I)
Charles III the Fat + (France) (Carolingian Dynasty) (b. Carloman)
881 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Charles III the Fat Emperor and King of Germany becomes king of the Franks uniting Charlemagne's Empire
882 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Louis III - (France) (879-)
John VIII - (872-)
Marinus I + (-884)
Hincmar - (Archbishop of Reims) (847-)
Gaon, Sa'adyah ben Joseph 882-942 Philosopher (Jewish)
Hincmar 806-882 Churchman (Frankish Kingdom)
883 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Eric II - (Denmark) (854-) Haarik
Gorm the Old + (Denmark) (-941)
884 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Carloman III - (France) (879-)
Charles the Fat + (France) (-887)
Marinus I - (882-)
Adrian III + (-885)
885 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Paris refortified and successfully defended by Eudes and Gozlin against Norse raids (-887)
Adrian III - (884-)
Stephen V (or VI) + (-891)
886 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Alfred captures London from the Danes
Basil I the Macedonian - (Byzantine Empire) (867-)
Leo VI the Wise + (Byzantine Empire) (-912)
Mohammed I - (Cordovan Amirate) (852-)
Mondhir + (Cordovan Amirate) (-888)
887 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Charles the Fat - (France) (884-)
888 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Eudes (Odo) + (France) (-898)
Guy of Spoleto + (Italy) (-894)
Berengarius of Friuli + (Italy) (-923) Great Grandson of Charlemagne (rival)
Mondhir - (Cordovan Amirate) (886-)
Abdallah + (Cordovan Amirate) (-912)
889 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Eochaid - (Scotland) (878-)
Donald II + (Scotland) (-900)
890 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Appearance of the Carmathians in Iraq and Syria (-906)
891 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Alfred founds the Anglo-Saxon chronicle - history of England
Stephen V (or VI) - (885-)
Formosus + (-896)
892 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Baghdad again becomes the capital of Abbasid Caliphate
al-Mu'tamid - (Abbasid Caliphate) (870-) 15th Abbasid Caliph
al-Mu'tadid + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-902) 16th Abbasid Caliph
893 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Charles III the Simple + (France) (1/28)
Boris - (Bulgaria) (852-) Czar Michael Simeon
Simeon I + (Bulgaria) (-927) Czar
894 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Guy of Spoleto - (Italy) (888-)
Lambert + (Italy) (-898) Son of Guy Spoleto
Borivoj I - (Bohemia) (871-) Premyslid Count
Spithnjew I + (Bohemia) (-895) Premyslid Count
895 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Spithnjew I - (Bohemia) (894-) Premyslid Count
Spithnjew I + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
896 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Shewa Kingdom forms in Ethiopia - capital at Walalah
Formosus - (891-)
Boniface VI +- *****
Stephen VI (or VII) + (-897)
897 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Stephen VI (or VII) - (896-)
Romanus +- *****
Theodore II +- *****
898 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Eudes (Odo) - (1/1) (France) (888-)
Lambert - (Italy) (894-) Son of Guy Spoleto
John IX + (900-)
899 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Magyars from the East invade Moravia
Alfred the Great - (England) (871-899)King of Wessex (son of Aethelwulf)
Edward (the Elder) + (England) (899-924) King of Wessex
Louis III of Burgundy + (Italy) (-905) Grandson of Ludwig II