Editing 854 (section)

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelwulf|Æthelwulf of Wessex]] sends his two youngest sons, [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]] and [[Æthelred of Wessex|Æthelred]], on a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]].<ref name=asc853>''ASC'' 854 - English translation at  [http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/657/pg657.html Project Gutenberg]</ref>
* King [[Æthelweard of East Anglia]] dies, and is succeeded by his 14-year-old son [[Edmund the Martyr|Edmund]] ("the Martyr").<ref>Kirby, ''The Earliest English Kings'', p. 161.</ref>
* King [[Cyngen ap Cadell|Cyngen]] of [[Kingdom of Powys|Powys]] makes the first pilgrimage to Rome of a Welsh ruler.  
* Viking chieftain [[Ubba]] winters in [[Milford Haven]] ([[Wales]]) with 23 ships.<ref>[http://www.milfordhaventowncouncil.org.uk/Milford%20History%20Section/history_time_line_main.htm Milford Haven Town Council website ''History'', Chronology of Events] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313120153/http://www.milfordhaventowncouncil.org.uk/Milford%20History%20Section/history_time_line_main.htm |date=March 13, 2012 }}</ref>