By place 851

1 place

1.1 asia
1.2 britain
1.3 china
1.4 europe

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asia

bagrat ii bagratuni, armenian prince , leader of rebellion against abbasid caliphate, captured abbasid army, , brought caliphal capital of samarra.

britain

danish viking raiders enter thames estuary, , plunder canterbury , london. land @ wembury near plymouth, defeated anglo-saxon forces led king ethelwulf of wessex. eldest son Æthelstan of kent, accompanied ealdorman ealhhere, attacks viking fleet off coast @ sandwich, , captures 9 of enemy vessels while remainder flees.

china

suleiman al-tajir, muslim merchant , traveller, visits china during tang dynasty. observes manufacturing of chinese porcelain @ guangzhou, , writes of admiration transparent quality. suleiman describes mosque @ guangzhou, granaries, local government administration, of written records, , treatment of travellers, along use of ceramics, rice wine, , tea (approximate date).

europe

august 22 – battle of jengland: duke erispoe takes command of breton forces after father nominoe, king of brittany, dies. continues offensive against franks in alliance lambert ii of nantes. in ille-et-vilaine near grand-fougeray (brittany), erispoe defeats frankish-saxon army (4,000 men) led king charles bald.
treaty of angers: charles bald meets erispoe in angers, , acknowledges him king of brittany . recognizes authority of breton rule on areas around nantes, rennes , pays de retz, become part of breton march, border zone. erispoe takes oath charles king of west frankish kingdom (but not hommage lige allegiance). mark sovereignty of breton state, future dukes of brittany crowned duke, king in lands .
september – king pepin ii of aquitaine captured forces of count sans ii sancion, , handed on charles bald. detained in monastery of saint medard in soissons.
emperor lothair meets (half) brothers louis german , charles bald in meerssen (modern-day netherlands), continue system of con-fraternal government .
king Íñigo arista of pamplona dies after 27-year reign. succeeded son garcía Íñiguez, king of pamplona (later navarra).




^ laurent 1919, pp. 117–118, 122.
^ ter-ghewondyan 1976, pp. 42–43.
^ paul hill (2009): viking wars of alfred great, p. 14. isbn 978-1-59416-087-5.
^ smith, julia m. h. province , empire: brittany , carolingians. cambridge university press: 1992.
^ annales bertiniani.
^ higounet, 39 n57.