WHAT HAPPENED IN 9. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 9. century

Battle of Clavijo: The Apostle Saint James the Greater is said to have miraculously appeared to a force of outnumbered Asturians and aided them against the forces of the Emir of Cordoba. (23. May 844)

In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine. (25. June 841)

Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed. (4. July 836)

A magnitude 8.6Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan. (9. July 869)

Battle of Anzen: the Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. (22. July 838)

The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Viking. (25. July 864)

Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded. (26. July 811)

Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied. (3. August 881)

Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren. (13. August 900)

Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. (22. August 851)

Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid. (3. September 863)

Theophilos (813–842), succeeds his father as Byzantine Emperor (2. October 829)

The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about patriarch Photius of Constantinople. (5. October 869)

The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon. (22. November 845)

Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled. (14. December 835)

Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong. (22. December 880)

An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia. (28. December 893)