Editing 847

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[[File:Pope Leo IV.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Leo IV]] (790–855)]]
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{{About|the year|the Sesame Street episode|Episode 847}}
Year '''847''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXLVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Danes|Danish]] [[Vikings]] land in the [[Marches of Neustria|Breton March]] (western part of [[Gaul]]). Duke [[Nominoe]] of [[Brittany]] fails to withstand them in battle, but succeeds in buying them off with gifts and persuading them to leave (approximate date).
* [[Viking Age]]: The [[Vikings]] plunder the [[Viking raids into the Rhineland|Lower Rhine]], as part of their attacks on the Empire of [[Francia]].
* The [[Saracens]], under the [[Berbers|Berber]] leader [[Kalfun]], capture the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] city of [[Bari]] ([[Southern Italy]]). He becomes the first ruler of the [[Emirate of Bari]], and expands his influence on the [[Italian mainland]] with raids.<ref>Kreutz, p. 38.</ref>

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* [[August 10]] &ndash; Caliph [[Al-Wathiq]] dies of [[dropsy]] after a five-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother [[al-Mutawakkil]].
[[File:Deaths of Al-Wathiq and Muhammad B. Baiis Jalis (recto), Death of Anbakh (verso), Folio from a Tarikh-I Alfi Manuscript LACMA M.78.9.4 (1 of 2).jpg|thumb|200px|Death of [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] caliph [[Al-Wathiq]], He died as the result of [[dropsy]] {{sfn|Kennedy|2006|p=232}} on 10 August 847. He was succeeded by his brother al-Mutawakkil.]]

=== By topic ===
==== Natural events ====

* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[847 Damascus earthquake]]

==== Religion ====
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius II]] dies of [[gout]] after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Pope Leo IV|Leo IV]], as the 103rd [[pope]] of [[Rome]].
* [[April 21]]&ndash; [[Rabanus Maurus]], a [[Francia|Frankish]] [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monk, becomes [[Elector of Mainz|archbishop]] of [[Mainz]] after the death of [[Odgar]].
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== Births ==
* [[Æthelred of Wessex|Æthelred I]], king of [[Wessex]] (approximate date)
* [[Al-Mu'tazz]], Muslim [[caliph]] (d. [[869]])
* [[Charles the Child]], king of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]] (or [[848]])
* [[Cheng Ji (Wuyue)|Cheng Ji]], Chinese general (approximate date)
* [[Fujiwara no Sukeyo]], Japanese aristocrat (d. [[897]])
* [[Kang Junli]], general of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[894]])
* [[Lu Yi (Tang dynasty)|Lu Yi]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[905]])
* [[Miyoshi Kiyotsura]], Japanese scholar (d. [[918]])
* [[Wang Jian (Former Shu)|Wang Jian]], emperor of [[Former Shu]] (d. 918)
* [[Wang Jingchong (Tang dynasty)|Wang Jingchong]], Chinese general (d. [[883]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius II|Sergius II]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (b. [[790]])
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Odgar]], Frankish monk and [[archbishop]]
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Empress Dowager Xiao (Tang dynasty)|Xiao]], empress of the Tang Dynasty
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Methodios I of Constantinople|Methodius I]], patriarch of [[Constantinople]]
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Al-Wathiq]], Muslim caliph (b. [[816]])
* [[Fedelmid mac Crimthainn]], king of [[Munster]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Frothar of Toul]], Frankish [[bishop]] (approximate date)
* [[Hetto]], Frankish archbishop (approximate date)
* [[Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i]], Muslim governor
* [[Muhammad ibn al-Zayyat]], Abbasid vizier
* [[Li Rangyi]], chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
* [[Theodemar of Iria]], Galician bishop

== References ==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{cite book | last = Kennedy | first = Hugh | author-link = Hugh N. Kennedy | title = When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty | location = Cambridge, MA | publisher = Da Capo Press | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-306814808 | url = {{Google Books|67fZB5YGkOQC|plainurl=y}} }}

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