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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; King [[Lambert of Italy|Lambert II]] travels to [[Rome]] with his mother, Queen [[Ageltrude]] and brother [[Guy IV of Spoleto|Guy IV]], Lombard [[duke]] of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]], to meet Pope [[Pope Stephen VI|Stephen VI]] to receive reconfirmation of his imperial title. Guy is murdered on the [[Tiber]] by agents of [[Alberic I of Spoleto|Alberic I]], a Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] with political interests. He seizes Spoleto (possibly at the instigation of King [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]]) and sets himself up as duke.

==== Britain ====
* English warships (nine vessels from Alfred's new fleet) intercept six Viking [[longship]]s in the mouth of an unknown [[estuary]] on the south coast (possibly at [[Poole Harbour]]) in [[Dorset]]. The [[Danes]] are blockaded, and three ships attempt to break through the English lines. Lashing the [[Vikings|Viking]] boats to their own, the English crew board the enemy's vessels and kill everyone on board. Some ships manage to escape, two of the other three boats are driven against the [[Sussex]] coast. The [[shipwreck]]ed sailors are brought before King [[Alfred the Great]] at [[Winchester]] and hanged. Just one Viking ship returns to [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]].<ref>Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', pp. 140–141. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* Caliph [[al-Mu'tadid]] recovers control of the [[Cilicia]]n [[Al-'Awasim|Thughur]] (southeastern [[Anatolia]]) and of northern [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]], during the turmoil in the [[Tulunids|Tulunid]] government (approximate date).
* [[15 March]] &ndash;  [[Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya]] enters [[Sa'dah]] and founds the [[Zaydi]] [[Imamate of Yemen]].<ref>{{EI2|volume=12|last=Madelung|first=W.|authorlink=Wilferd Madelung|title=al-Ḥādī Ila ’l-Ḥaḳḳ|pages=334–335|doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8582}}</ref>

==== Japan ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Uda|Uda]] abdicates the [[throne]] after a ten year reign. He is succeeded by his 12-year-old son [[Emperor Daigo|Daigo]], as the 60th [[emperor of Japan]].