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• Between 6 and 12 May: Battle of Ethandun (probably either at Edington, Somerset
  Edington, Somerset
  
  Edington is a rural village, situated on the north side of the Polden Hills in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England.Either side of it lie the villages of Chilton Polden and Catcott, and north of it is the small village of Burtle....
  , or Edington, Wiltshire
  Edington, Wiltshire
  
  Edington is a small village in Wiltshire, England, about five miles east of Westbury, Wiltshire....
  ): Alfred the Great
  Alfred the Great
  
  Alfred the Great , also spelled ?lfred, was king of the southern Anglo-Saxons kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is noted for his defence of the kingdom against the Danish people Vikings, becoming the only English people king to be awarded the epithet "the Great"....
   of Wessex
  Wessex
  
  West Saxon redirects here. For other meanings of Wessex or West Saxon see Wessex .Wessex , from the Old English Westseaxe , was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of the English state in the 9th century, under the Wessex dynasty....
   defeats the Danes of the Danelaw
  Danelaw
  
  The Danelaw, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , is a historical name given to the part of Great Britain in which the laws of the "Danes" dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons....
   under Guthrum
  Guthrum
  
  The name Guthrum corresponds to Norwegian language Guttom and to Danish language Gorm.The name Guthrum may refer to these kings:* Guthrum, who fought against Alfred the Great...
  .
• May 21 — After a siege of eight months, Syracuse is captured by the Muslims of Sicily
  Sicily
  
  Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
  .
• The Treaty of Wedmore
  Treaty of Wedmore
  
  The Peace of Wedmore is a term used by historians for an event referred to by the monk Asser in his Life of Alfred, outlining how in 878 the Viking leader Guthrum the Old was baptism and accepted Alfred the Great as his adoptive father....
   divides England between the Anglo-Saxons
  Anglo-Saxons
  
  Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
   and the Danes.
• Rhodri
  Rhodri the Great
  
  File:Wales 844-78 .svgRhodri the Great was the first ruler of Wales to be called 'Great', and the first to rule most of present-day Wales. He is referred to as "King of the Britons" by the Annals of Ulster. In some later histories, he is referred to as "King of Wales" but he did not rule all of Wales nor was this term used contempora...
  , the first King of Wales
  Wales
  
  native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
   to be known as "the Great", is killed in battle.
• After a siege, the Aghlabid
  Aghlabid
  
  The Aghlabid dynasty of emirs, members of the Arab tribe of Bani Tamim, ruled Ifriqiya, nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph, for about a century, until overthrown by the new power of the Fatimids....
  s of Ifriqiya
  Ifriqiya
  
  In Middle Ages, Ifriqiya or Ifriqiyah was the area comprising the coastal regions of what are today western Libya, Tunisia, and eastern Algeria....
   conquer Syracuse
  Syracuse, Italy
  
  Syracuse is a historic city in southern Italy, the Capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is noted for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture and association to Archimedes, playing an important role in ancient times as one of the top powers of the Mediterranean world; it is over 2,700 years old....
  , starting 2 centuries of Muslim
  Muslim
  
  :A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
   rule.
• The city of Belgrade
  Belgrade
  
  Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on international waterway, at the confluence of the Sava River and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula....
   is first mentioned.
• Eochu MacRunn and Girig MacDungal
  Giric of Scotland
  
  Giric mac D?ngail known in English simply as Giric, and nicknamed Mac Rath, was a king of the Picts or the king of Alba. The Irish annals record nothing of Giric's reign, nor do Anglo-Saxons writings add anything, and the meagre information which survives is contradictory....
   jointly succeed Aed I of Scotland.

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Religion

• The excommunication
  Excommunication
  
  Excommunication is a religious censure used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. The word literally means putting [someone] out of full communion....
   of the later Pope Formosus
  Pope Formosus
  
  Formosus was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 891 to 896. His brief reign as Pope was troubled, and his remains were exhumed and put on trial in the notorious Cadaver Synod....
   is lifted.

Births

Deaths

• Aedh MacRunn, King of the Scots and Picts
• Rhodri Mawr, king of Wales
  Wales
  
  native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...