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EVENTS
By Place
Europe
May 21
— After a siege of 8 months,
Syracuse
is captured by the Muslims of
Sicily
.
The Danes force king
Alfred The Great
of
Wessex
to retreat to a fort in
Athelney
,
Somerset
. Later, in the
Battle Of Ethandun
(
Edington
), King
Alfred The Great
of
Wessex
defeats the Danes of the
Danelaw
under
Guthrum
. The
Treaty Of Wedmore
divides England between the
Anglo-Saxons
and the Danes.
Rhodri
, the first King of
Wales
to be known as "the Great", is killed in battle.
After a siege, the
Aghlabid
s of
Ifriqiya
conquer
Syracuse
, starting 2 centuries of
Muslim
rule.
First mentioning of
Belgrade
.
Eochu MacRunn and
Girig MacDungal
jointly succeed
Aed I Of Scotland
.
By Topic
Religion
End of the
Excommunication
of the later
Pope Formosus
.
BIRTHS
DEATHS
Aedh MacRunn
, King of the Scots and Picts
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