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• The Glagolitic alphabet
  Glagolitic alphabet
  
  The Glagolitic alphabet , also known as Glagolitsa, is the oldest known Slavic peoples alphabet. The name was not coined until many centuries after its creation, and comes from the Old Slavic glagol? "utterance" ....
  , devised by Cyril and Methodius, missionaries from Constantinople
  Constantinople
  
  Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
  , is adopted in the Bulgarian Empire
  Bulgarian Empire
  
  Bulgarian Empire is a term used to describe two periods in the medieval history of Bulgaria, during which it acted as a key regional power in Europe in general and in Southeastern Europe in particular, often rivalling Byzantine Empire....
  .
• 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"....
   captures London
  London
  
  London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
   and renames it Lundenburgh. The boundaries between 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....
   and 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....
   are shifted.
• Alfred the Great builds a small harbour called Queenhythe slightly upstream from London Bridge
  London Bridge
  
  London Bridge is a bridge between the City of London and Southwark in London, England, over the River Thames. Situated between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge, it forms the western end of the Pool of London....
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• Alfred the Great mints the first halfpenny. Previous halfpennies had been pennies cut in half.
• Earl Aethelred
  Earl Aethelred of Mercia
  
  Ealdorman ?thelred was a ruler of Mercia . His title was "Lord of the Mercians", and although he retained many attributes of a king, he was subject to the power of his close ally Wessex....
   is given control of London
  History of London
  
  London, the capital of the United Kingdom, has a recorded history that goes back over 2,000 years. During this time, it has grown to become one of the most significant financial capital and cultural capitals of the world....
   by Alfred the Great. Alfred's sister Ethelfleda
  Ethelfleda
  
  Ethelfleda , also spelled Ethelfled, was the eldest daughter of King Alfred the Great of Wessex and his wife Ealhswith. She was born around AD 872....
   marries Aethelred.
• Khan Boris I of Bulgaria
  Bulgaria
  
  The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
   establishes the Preslav
  Preslav Literary School
  
  The Preslav Literary School was the first literary school in the medieval Bulgaria. It was established by Boris I of Bulgaria in 885 or 886 in Bulgaria's capital, Pliska....
   and Ohrid Literary School
  Ohrid Literary School
  
  The Ohrid Literary School was one of the two major medieval Bulgaria cultural centres, along with the Preslav Literary School .The school was established in Ohrid in 886 by Saint Clement of Ohrid on orders of Boris I of Bulgaria simultaneously or shortly after the establishment of the Preslav Literary School....
  s.
• Charles II
  Charles the Bald
  
  File:Charles le Chauve denier Bourges after 848.jpgCharles the Bald , Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia , was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith, daughter of Welf....
   of France purchases peace with Vikings and Rollo of Normandy
  Rollo of Normandy
  
  Rollo , baptised Robert, was the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy.The name Rollo is a Frankish-Latin name probably taken from the Old Norse name Hrolf ....
  , then lifts his siege of Paris
  Siege of Paris (885-886)
  
  The Siege of Paris of 885 to 886 was a Viking siege of Paris, France, then capital of the Western Francia. It was, in hindsight, the most important event of the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Fat and a turning point in the fortunes of the Carolingian dynasty and the history of France....
  .
• Odo, Count of Paris
  Odo, Count of Paris
  
  Odo was List of French monarchs . He was a son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and is sometimes referred to as duke of France and also as count of Paris, France....
   becomes Count of Anjou
  Anjou
  
  Anjou is a former county , duchy and Provinces of France centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. It corresponds largely to the present-day d?partement in France of Maine-et-Loire....
   on the death of Hugh the Abbot
  Hugh the Abbot
  
  Hugh the Abbot was a member of the Welf, a son of Conrad I of Auxerre and Adelaide. After his father's death, his mother married Robert the Strong, the margrave of Neustria....
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Byzantine Empire

• Leo VI
  Leo VI the Wise
  
  Leo VI "the Wise" or "the Philosopher" , was Byzantine emperor from 886 to 912 during one of the most brilliant periods of the state's history...
   succeeds his stepfather Basil I
  Basil I
  
  Basil I, called the Macedonian was a Byzantine Empire. He was perceived by Byzantines as one of their greatest emperors, the founder of one the most splendid imperial dynasties of Byzantium, the Macedonian dynasty , and the initiator of a Macedonian Renaissance of Byzantine art....
   as Byzantine emperor and replaces patriarch
  Patriarch of Constantinople
  
  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is the Archbishop of Constantinople ? New Rome ? ranking as primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church organization, which is seen by followers as the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church....
   Photius with his brother Stephen I.

Births

• Adalbert II
• Ibn Muqlah
  Ibn Muqlah
  
  Abu 'ali Muhammad Ibn 'ali Ibn Muqlah Shirazi of Greater Iran Origin was an Islamic calligrapher, one of the foremost of the Abbasid age. It is thought that he invented the thuluth script, the first cursive style of Arabic, though none of his original work remains....
  

Deaths

• August 29 — Basil I
  Basil I
  
  Basil I, called the Macedonian was a Byzantine Empire. He was perceived by Byzantines as one of their greatest emperors, the founder of one the most splendid imperial dynasties of Byzantium, the Macedonian dynasty , and the initiator of a Macedonian Renaissance of Byzantine art....
  , Byzantine Emperor
• Adalbert, Duke of Tuscany
• Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
  Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
  
  File:Translation_of_Albumasar_Venice_1515_De_Magnis_Coniunctionibus.jpgJa'far ibn Mu?ammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi , also known as al-Falaki or Albumasar was a Iranian-Afghan Islamic mathematics, Islamic astronomy, Islamic astrology and Early Islamic philosophy....
  , Persian astronomer
• Heongang
  Heongang of Silla
  
  Heongang of Silla was the 49th to rule the Korean kingdom of Silla. According to the Samguk Sagi, he excelled at civil affairs. Heongang was the eldest son of Gyeongmun of Silla; his mother was Queen Munui....
  , king of Silla
  Silla
  
  Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and the longest sustaining dynasty in Asian history. Although it was founded by King Bak Hyeokgeose of Silla, who is also known to be the originator of the Korean family name Park , the dynasty was to see the Kyungju Kim clan hold rule for most of its 992-year history....
   (in modern Korea
  Korea
  
  Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
  )
• Wulgrin I, Count of Angoulême
• Muhammad I of Córdoba
  Muhammad I of Córdoba
  
  Muhammad I was the Umayyad Emir of C?rdoba, Spain from 852 – 886 in the Al-Andalus . The beginning of Muhammad I's reign was marked by a number of revolts and demonstrations of resistance to the Umayyad court by a number of leading families....
  , leader of the Umayyad dynasty