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Years:
851
852
853
854
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855
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856
857
858
859
Decades
:
820s
830s
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870s
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Centuries
:
8th century
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9th century
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10th century
Events
Louis II
succeeds
Lothar
as western emperor. Two other sons,
Lothar II
and Charles, also get parts of the kingdom.
Succession of
Pope Benedict III
(855 -
858
).
Anastasius
is made anti-pope by Lothair.
Ethelwulf
, king of
Wessex
and
Bretwalda
, abdicates in favor of his son
Ethelbald
.
Ethelwulf grants the English churches the right to receive
tithes
.
Edmund
becomes king of
East Anglia
.
Births
Deaths
March 2
-
Lothar
, western emperor (b.
795
)
Pope Leo IV
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