Events 853
1 events
1.1 place
1.1.1 byzantine empire
1.1.2 europe
1.1.3 britain
1.1.4 china
1.2 topic
1.2.1 religion
events
by place
byzantine empire
may 22 – byzantine fleet (85 ships , 5,000 men) sacks , destroys port city of damietta, located on nile delta in egypt. large quantity of weapons , supplies intended emirate of crete captured.
europe
danish vikings attempt subjugate curonians on shoreline of baltic sea, repulsed. king olof leads swedish vikings in retaliation, , attacks towns of seeburg , apuolė (modern courland).
viking marauders in gaul sail eastward nantes without opposition, , reach tours. monasteries @ saint-florent-le-vieil , marmoutier ravaged.
king charles bald bribes boris i, ruler (khan) of bulgarian empire, form alliance against brother louis german, rastislav of moravia.
gauzbert, count of maine, killed during ambush citizens of nantes, in revenge death of lambert ii.
britain
king burgred of mercia appeals Æthelwulf, king of west saxons, against rebellious welsh king rhodri great. Æthelwulf agrees send help, , wales subdued far north anglesey.
burgred (who inherited crown last year) marries Æthelwulf s daughter Æthelswith, during ceremony @ royal estate @ chippenham.
china
tuan ch eng-shih, chinese author , scholar during tang dynasty, publishes miscellaneous offerings yu-yang.
by topic
religion
the fraumünster church in zürich (modern switzerland) founded louis german.
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