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845 CE

42 captured Byzantine officials from Amorium are executed at Samarra, then the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, after they repeatedly refuse attempts to convert them to Islam. Battle of Ballon: Frankish forces (3,000 men) led by Charles the Bald are defeated by Nominoe, count of Vannes, near Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. After the battle, Brittany becomes a regnum 'kingdom' within the Frankish Empire. John Scotus Eriugena, Irish theologian, travels to France and takes over the Palatine Academy in Paris, at the invitation of Charles the Bald (approximate date).

Conflict & Security

  • November 22 – Battle of Ballon: Frankish forces (3,000 men) led by Charles the Bald are defeated by Nominoe, count of Vannes, near Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. After the battle, Brittany becomes a regnum 'kingdom' within the Frankish Empire.source
  • Viking forces destroy Hamburg.source
  • Byzantine–Arab War: A prisoner exchange occurs between the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate, at the River Lamos in Cilicia (modern Turkey). The exchanges last for 10 days, and the Byzantines recover 4,600 prisoners.source

Religion & Belief

  • March 6 – 42 captured Byzantine officials from Amorium are executed at Samarra, then the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, after they repeatedly refuse attempts to convert them to Islam.source
  • Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution: Emperor Wu Zong begins the persecution of Buddhists and other foreign religions in China, such as Zoroastrianism, Nestorian Christianity and Manichaeism. More than 4,600 monasteries, 40,000 temples and numerous shrines are destroyed. More than 260,000 Buddhist monks and nuns are forced to return to secular life.source
  • John Scotus Eriugena, Irish theologian, travels to France and takes over the Palatine Academy in Paris, at the invitation of Charles the Bald (approximate date).source

Births

  • August 1 – Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese politician (d. 903)source
  • Berengar I, king of Italy (approximate date)source
  • Liutgard of Saxony, Frankish queen (approximate date)source
  • Ricfried, Frankish nobleman (d. 950)source
  • Charles of Provence, Frankish king (d. 863)source
  • Minamoto no Yoshiari, Japanese official (d. 897)source
  • Richilde of Provence, Frankish empress (approximate date)source
  • Árpád, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • February 22 – Wang, empress and concubine of Mu Zongsource
  • Theophanes the Branded, Byzantine monk (b. 775)source
  • Mislav, duke of Croatia (approximate date)source
  • Sahl ibn Bishr, Muslim astrologer (approximate date)source
  • Abdallah ibn Tahir, Muslim governor (or 844)source
  • Turgesius, Viking chieftain (approximate date)source
  • Guerin, Frankish nobleman (or 856)source
  • Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi, Muslim historian (b. 784)source
  • Abu Tammam, Muslim poet (b. 788)source