0000's The 9th Century CE 800s CE
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797-802 Irene
802-811 Nicephorus I

800-14 Charlemagne crowned 1st Holy Roman Emperor		 out1.gif (96 bytes) 810s -
802-811 Nicephorus I
811 Stauracius
811-813 Michael I
813-820 Leo V

813 Louis I the Pious crowned by father, Charlemagne
817 Louis the Pious divides France among 3 sons.
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820-829 Michael II
829-842 Theophilus II

822-52 Abd-al-Rahmam, Caliph of Cordoba
c.820 (Norse) Variagi enter Russia
827 Saracens conquer Sicily

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829-842 Theophilus II

837 Louis I & son Lothar divide kdm.

830 Al-khwarizmi's Algebra
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829-842 Theophilus II
842-867 Michael III
842-866 Bardas

840 Lothar I succeeds Louis I
Battle of Fontenoy Louis and Charles def. Lothar I 841
841-924 Norse raids in France
Treaty of Verdun 843 divides France, Italy & Germany
among Charles II, Lothar I, and Louis I
Arabs attack Rome 846		 out5.gif (96 bytes) 850s
842-867 Michael III
842-866 Bardas

855 Lothair I divides his empire among 3 sons;
      Italy-Louis II, Provence & Burgandy-Charles, Lorraine-Lothar II
Arab scholar and translator Hunayn ibn Ishaq 808-873 was a Nestorian Christian who translated many classical Greek and Persian texts into Arabic.
859 Norse pirates sack Mediterranean coasts

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842-867 Michael III
842-866 Bardas
867 Theophilus II
867-886 Basil I, the Macedonian

862 The Variagi at Novgorod
863 Mission of Cyril & Methodius to Moravians
866 John Scotus Eriugena writes The Division of Nature.
869-883 In the Zanj Rebellion, East African slaves led by Ali ibn Muhammad revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate and control large areas of southern Iraq before the future caliph al-Mu'tadid regains control.

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867-886 Basil I, the Macedonian


871-99 Alfred the Great, king of England
876-87 Charles III the Fat re-unites Charlemagne's Empire 884-87

872 Norsemen colonize Iceland
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880 Frankish / Byzantine reconquest of Sicily from the Arabs
867-886 Basil I, the Macedonian
886-912 Leo VI, the Wise
Charles III the Fat re-unites Charlemagne's Empire 884-87
886 Norse besiege Paris		 out9.gif (96 bytes) 890s
886-912 Leo VI, the Wise


Pope Formosus' corpse "tried and punished" by Pope Stephen VI for the crime of offering the imperial office to a Saxon. 896
899-943 Magyars ravage Europe

1st Millennium 800s