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Years: 854 855 856 857 - 858 - 859 860 861 862 |
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Decades: 820s 830s 840s - 850s - 860s 870s 880s |
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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
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Events
- Patriarch Ignatius is imprisoned and (December 25) deposed to be succeeded by patriarch Photius I.
- Louis the German invades West Francia, hoping to secure Aquitaine from his brother Charles the Bald, but fails.
- Emperor Seiwa ascends the throne of Japan.
- Nicholas I becomes pope.
- Donald I succeeds the throne of Scotland.
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Births
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Deaths
- January 13 - King Ethelwulf of Wessex
- April 7 - Pope Benedict III
- King Kenneth I of Scotland
- Emperor Montoku of Japan (b. 827)