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Pope Nicholas I

820 – 867

Catholic priest, Writer

Pope Nicholas I (Latin: Nicolaus I; c. 800 – 13 November 867), also known as Nicholas the Great, was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 24 A…

Michael III

840 – 867

Emperor

Michael III (Ancient Greek: Μιχαήλ, romanized: Michaḗl; 9/10 January 840 – 24 September 867), also known as Michael the Drunkard, was Byzantine emperor from 84…

Theodora

815 – 867

Nun

Theodora (Greek: Θεοδώρα; c. 815 – c. 867), sometimes called Theodora the Armenian or Theodora the Blessed, was Byzantine empress as the wife of Byzantine emper…

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Al-Musta'in

836 – 866

Politician, Caliph

Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Mustaʿīn bi-ʾllāh (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن محمد; 836 – 17 October 866), better known by his regnal t…

Robert the Strong

— – 866

Feudatory

Robert the Strong (French: Robert le Fort; c. 830 – 866) was the father of two kings of West Francia: Odo (or Eudes) and Robert I of France. His family is named…

Ordoño I of Asturias

821 – 866

Ruler

Ordoño I (c. 821 – 27 May 866) was King of Asturias from 850 until his death. He was born in Oviedo, where he spent his early life in the court of Alfonso II. H…

Ansgar

801 – 865

Diplomat, Missionary, Writer, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, Archbishop

Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of…

Kassia

810 – 865

Composer, Poet, Hymnwriter, Nun

Kassia, Cassia, Kassiane, or Kassiani (Greek: Κασσιανή, romanized: Kassianí, pronounced [kasia'ni]; c. 810 – c.865) was a Byzantine-Greek composer, hymnographer…

Æthelberht, King of Wessex

836 – 865

Ruler

Æthelberht (Old English: [ˈæðelberˠxt]; also spelled Ethelbert or Aethelberht) was the King of Wessex from 860 until his death in 865. He was the third son of K…

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Charles of Provence

845 – 863

Monarch

Charles of Provence or Charles of Burgundy (845 – 25 January 863) was a Carolingian king and ruler of Provence and Lower Burgundy from 855 until his early death…

Al-Muntasir

838 – 862

Caliph

Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muntasir biʾLlāh (Arabic: أبو جعفر محمد; November 837 – 7 June 862), better known by his regnal title a…

Domnall mac Ailpín

812 – 862

King

Domnall mac Ailpín (Modern Gaelic: Dòmhnall mac Ailpein), anglicised sometimes as Donald MacAlpin and known in most modern regnal lists as Donald I (812 – 13 Ap…

Al-Mutawakkil

822 – 861

Caliph

Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh (Arabic: جعفر بن محمد بن هارون, romanized: Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn); March 822 – 11 December 861, c…

Al-Farghani

— – 861

Astronomer, Mathematician, Astrologer

Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī (Arabic: أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني) also known as Alfraganus in the West (c. 800 – 870),…

Æthelbald, King of Wessex

835 – 860

Sovereign

Æthelbald (died 860) was King of Wessex from 855 or 858 to 860. He was the second of five sons of King Æthelwulf. In 850, Æthelbald's elder brother Æthelstan de…

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Dhu'l-Nun al-Misri

796 – 860

Theologian, Physician, Archaeologist, Historian, Poet

Dhū'l-Nūn al-Miṣrī (d. Giza, 859-862), often rendered in English literature as Dhū'n-Nūn al-Miṣrī or Zūl-Nūn al-Miṣrī, was an early Egyptian Sufi mystic and alc…

Emperor Montoku

827 – 858

Ruler

Emperor Montoku (文徳天皇, Montoku-tennō) (August 827 – 7 October 858) was the 55th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Montoku's r…

Pope Benedict III

810 – 858

Politician, Catholic priest, Writer

Pope Benedict III (Latin: Benedictus III; died 17 April 858) was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 29 September 855 to his death on 17 Apri…

Kenneth MacAlpin

810 – 858

Monarch

Kenneth MacAlpin (c. 810 – 8 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850), and King of the Picts (848–858), of likely Gaelic origin. According to…

Æthelwulf, King of Wessex

795 – 858

Monarch

Æthelwulf (Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; Old English for "Noble Wolf"; died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, d…