850 to 874850apr 20 - Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne.
851x - Japan First year of Ninju.
x - England Danish invasion defeated.
852x - England Winter Vikings spend the winter.
apr 29 - Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76.
853x - Alfred the Great of England goes to Rome.
854x - Japan First year of Saikô.
x - France Danes attack Paris.
855c - Cyril and Methodius convert Slavic tribes. u.c.885
x - England Ethelwulf and Alfred visit Rome.
jun 17 - Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies. re.List of Popes
sep 29 - Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies.
sep 29 - Benedict III becomes Pope. r.u.858 re.List of Popes.
856feb 04 - Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies.
857x - Japan First year of Tennan.
858x - Japan Fujiwara Yoshifusa b.804-d.872 becomes the first Fujiwara regent acting as a guardian to the child-emperor Seiwa..
x - England Ethelbald becomes King of Wessex.
x - Japan Beginning of Fujiwara clan's control of Japanese emperors
jan 13 - Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies.
apr 17 - Benedict III dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope r.855-d.apr 17 858. re.List of Popes
apr 24 - Nicholas I becomes pope. u.867. re.List of Popes
859x - Japan First year of Jôgan.
860x - England Ethelbert becomes King of Wessex.
jun 18 - Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople.
aug 01 - Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German & Lotharius II.
862x - St Swithun, Bishop of Winchester dies. St Swithuns day is 15th July
863dec 13 - Boudouin with the Iron Arm weds Charles de Kales' daughter Judith.
865x - England The 'Great Army' invade.
x - England Ethelred becomes King of Wessex.
feb 03 - Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies.
aug 28 - Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian physician, is born.
866x - England Winter York is taken by the Danes.
jan 10 - Lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies.
nov 13 - Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra).
867x - England The Danes invade Northumbria and York.
x - England Danes are attacked and move south.
x - England Danes impose a king on Northumbria.
feb 11 - Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies.
sep 13 - Nicholas I, the Great, Italian Pope (858-67), dies.
nov 13 - Nicholas I, (the Great), pope (858-67), dies at 67.
dec 14 - Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope u.872.
868c - The Diamond Sutra, a block-printed book in China is the first complete printed book still in existance.
x - England Danes attack East Anglia.
fal 00 - England A peaceful settlement is reached.
869feb 14 - Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies.
0140442138@ oct 05 - 4th Council of Constantinople 8th Ecumenical council opens.
oct 09 - Charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen.
870feb 28 - 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople.
aug 08 - Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans.
dec 00 - England The Danes attack Wessex.
dec 31 - Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army.
871x - England The reign of Alfred The Great.
x - King Alfred and the Danelaw.
x - England Alfred rebuilds his defences.
jan 04 - England Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army.
jan 08 - England Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army.
jan 22 - England Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex.
spr 00 - England More Danes arrive.
mar 02 - England Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army.
apr 00 - England Alfred 'The Great' becomes king of Wessex.
apr 23 - England Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies.
872sum 00 - England Revolt in Northumbria.
dec 14 - John VIII elected as Catholic Pope. re.List of Popes
dec 14 - Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80. re.List of Popes
874c - Shiite "twelvers" arise
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