Editing 848

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[[File:Abbaye brantome.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Brantôme, Dordogne|Abbey of Saint-Pierre]] ([[France]])]]
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Year '''848''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXLVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Bordeaux]], capital of [[Aquitaine]], falls into the hands of [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders. King [[Charles the Bald]] sends a [[Francia|Frankish]] fleet to lift the [[siege]]. Despite destroying some Viking [[longship]]s on the [[Dordogne (river)|Dordogne River]], they fail to save the city. The Abbey of Saint-Pierre in [[Brantôme, Dordogne|Brantôme]] is sacked.
* Emperor [[Lothair I]], and his (half) brothers [[Louis the German]] and Charles the Bald, meet in [[Koblenz]] to continue the system of "con-fraternal government".
* Frankish forces under Count (''[[count|comté]]'') [[William of Septimania]] assume authority over the counties of [[County of Barcelona|Barcelona]] and [[Empúries]] (modern [[Spain]]).
* The [[Saracens]] conquer [[Ragusa, Italy|Ragusa]] ([[Sicily]]), after its [[Byzantine]] garrison is forced by severe [[famine]] to surrender. The city and its castle are razed to the ground.<ref name="Vasiliev 1935, p. 208">Vasiliev (1935), p. 208.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* The armies of [[Brycheiniog]] and [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] clash in the battle of [[Rhiangoll|Ffinnant]] ([[Wales]]). King [[Ithel ap Morgan|Ithel]] of Gwent is killed in the fighting (approximate date).
* [[Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid]], [[Kings of Mide|High King of Mide]], defeats a [[Norway|Norse]] Viking army at Sciath Nechtain in [[Ireland]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Chola dynasty|Medieval Cholas]] in [[South India|Southern India]] start to rule (approximate date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Leo IV]] builds (on the opposite of the [[Tiber|Tiber River]]) the [[Leonine City]], a fortified three-kilometre [[Defensive wall|wall]] that encircles the [[Vatican Hill]] and [[Borgo (rione of Rome)|Borgo]], to defend [[Rome]].<ref>Wards-Perkins, Bryan. ''From Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages'', p. 195. Oxford University Press, 1984. {{ISBN|0-19-821898-2}}.</ref>
* The [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] church of [[Santa María del Naranco]], on the slope of [[Monte Naranco]] (Northern Spain), is completed.
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== Births ==
* [[Alfonso III of Asturias|Alfonso III]], king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (approximate date)
* [[Carloman, son of Charles the Bald|Carloman]], Frankish [[abbot]] (d. [[877]])
* [[Charles the Child]], king of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]] (or [[847]])
* [[Lothair the Lame]], Frankish abbot (d. [[865]])
* [[Onneca Fortúnez]], Basque princess (or [[850]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Cui Yuanshi]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]]
* [[Drest X]], king of the [[Picts]]
* [[Empress Dowager Guo (Tang dynasty)|Guo]], empress dowager of the Tang dynasty
* [[Ithel ap Morgan|Ithel]], king of [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] (approximate date)
* [[Li Gongzuo]], Chinese writer 
* [[Malik ibn Kaydar]], Muslim governor
* [[Rechtabhra]], bishop of [[Clonfert]]
* [[Shi Xiong]], Chinese general
* [[Sunifred, Count of Barcelona|Sunifred]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[Sunyer I, Count of Empúries|Sunyer I]], Frankish nobleman
* [[William I of Gascony|William I]], duke of [[Duchy of Gascony|Gascony]]
* [[Yahya al-Laithi]], Muslim scholar

== References ==
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