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* The armies of [[Brycheiniog]] and [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] clash in the battle of [[Rhiangoll|Ffinnant]] ([[Wales]]). King [[Ithel ap | * The armies of [[Brycheiniog]] and [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] clash in the battle of [[Rhiangoll|Ffinnant]] ([[Wales]]). King [[Ithel ap Hywel|Ithel]] of Gwent is killed in the fighting (approximate date). | ||
* [[Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid]], [[Kings of Mide|High King of Mide]], defeats a [[Norway|Norse]] Viking army at Sciath Nechtain in [[Ireland]] (approximate date). | * [[Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid]], [[Kings of Mide|High King of Mide]], defeats a [[Norway|Norse]] Viking army at Sciath Nechtain in [[Ireland]] (approximate date). | ||
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* [[Drest X]], king of the [[Picts]] | * [[Drest X]], king of the [[Picts]] | ||
* [[Empress Dowager Guo (Tang dynasty)|Guo]], empress dowager of the Tang dynasty | * [[Empress Dowager Guo (Tang dynasty)|Guo]], empress dowager of the Tang dynasty | ||
* [[Ithel ap | * [[Ithel ap Hywel|Ithel]], king of [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] (approximate date) | ||
* [[Li Gongzuo]], Chinese writer | * [[Li Gongzuo]], Chinese writer | ||
* [[Malik ibn Kaydar]], Muslim governor | * [[Malik ibn Kaydar]], Muslim governor | ||
Latest revision as of 18:10, 11 October 2025
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Year 848 (DCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Summer – Bordeaux, capital of Aquitaine, falls into the hands of Viking raiders. King Charles the Bald sends a Frankish fleet to lift the siege. Despite destroying some Viking longships on the Dordogne River, they fail to save the city. The Abbey of Saint-Pierre in Brantôme is sacked.
- Emperor Lothair I, and his (half) brothers Louis the German and Charles the Bald, meet in Koblenz to continue the system of "con-fraternal government".
- Frankish forces under Count (comté) William of Septimania assume authority over the counties of Barcelona and Empúries (modern Spain).
- The Saracens conquer Ragusa (Sicily), after its Byzantine garrison is forced by severe famine to surrender. The city and its castle are razed to the ground.[1]
Britain
- The armies of Brycheiniog and Gwent clash in the battle of Ffinnant (Wales). King Ithel of Gwent is killed in the fighting (approximate date).
- Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid, High King of Mide, defeats a Norse Viking army at Sciath Nechtain in Ireland (approximate date).
Asia
- The Medieval Cholas in Southern India start to rule (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- Pope Leo IV builds (on the opposite of the Tiber River) the Leonine City, a fortified three-kilometre wall that encircles the Vatican Hill and Borgo, to defend Rome.[2]
- The Roman Catholic church of Santa María del Naranco, on the slope of Monte Naranco (Northern Spain), is completed.
Births
- Alfonso III, king of Asturias (approximate date)
- Carloman, Frankish abbot (d. 877)
- Charles the Child, king of Aquitaine (or 847)
- Lothair the Lame, Frankish abbot (d. 865)
- Onneca Fortúnez, Basque princess (or 850)
Deaths
- Cui Yuanshi, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
- Drest X, king of the Picts
- Guo, empress dowager of the Tang dynasty
- Ithel, king of Gwent (approximate date)
- Li Gongzuo, Chinese writer
- Malik ibn Kaydar, Muslim governor
- Rechtabhra, bishop of Clonfert
- Shi Xiong, Chinese general
- Sunifred, Frankish nobleman
- Sunyer I, Frankish nobleman
- William I, duke of Gascony
- Yahya al-Laithi, Muslim scholar
References
- ↑ Vasiliev (1935), p. 208.
- ↑ Wards-Perkins, Bryan. From Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, p. 195. Oxford University Press, 1984. Template:ISBN.