Editing 849

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[[File:Battaglia di ostia 01.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Battle of Ostia]] at the [[Vatican Museums|Vatican Museum]]]]
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Year '''849''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====

* Summer &ndash; [[Battle of Ostia]]: A [[Saracen]] Arab fleet from [[Sardinia]] sets sail towards [[Rome]]. In response, [[Pope Leo IV]] forms a coalition of maritime Italian cities, including [[Duchy of Naples|Naples]], [[Republic of Amalfi|Amalfi]] and [[Duchy of Gaeta|Gaeta]], led by Admiral [[Caesar of Naples|Caesar]] — which is assembled off the re-[[Fortification|fortified]] port of [[Ostia (Rome)|Ostia]] — and repels the Saracen [[Piracy|marauder]]s. Their navy is scattered, resulting in many sunken vessels. Rome is saved from plunder and the expansion of the [[Aghlabids]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Benvenuti|first=Gino|title=Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia|year=1985|publisher=Newton & Compton Editori|location=Rome|isbn=88-8289-529-7|page=15}}</ref> 
* Frankish forces under King [[Charles the Bald]] invade southern [[France]], and conquer the territory of [[County of Toulouse|Toulouse]]. He appoints [[Fredelo, Count of Toulouse|Fredelo]] as count (''[[Count|comté]]'') of Toulouse, who founds the [[Rouergue]] dynasty. [[Aquitaine]] is submitted to the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]].

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* The [[Armenians|Armenian]] prince [[Bagrat II Bagratuni|Bagrat II]] begins a rebellion against Caliph [[Al-Mutawakkil]], of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]].

==== Asia ====
* In the Chinese capital city of [[Chang'an]], an imperial prince is [[Impeachment|impeached]] during the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] from his position by officials at court, for erecting a building that obstructs a street in the northwesternmost ward in [[Chang'an#South Central Chang'an|South Central Chang'an]].
* King [[Pyinbya]] of [[Myanmar|Burma]] founds the city of [[Bagan]], located in the [[Mandalay Region]], and fortifies it with walls.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* May &ndash; [[Isma'il ibn Ahmad]], Muslim [[emir]] (d. [[907]])
* [[Alfred the Great]], king of [[Wessex]] (d. [[899]])
* [[Eric Anundsson]], king of [[Sweden]] (d. [[882]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Theophylact (son of Michael I)|Theophylact]], Byzantine co-emperor (b. c.[[793]])
* [[Ali ibn Muhammad]], Idrisid emir of Morocco<ref>{{EI2 | last = Eustache | first = D. | title = Idrīsids | volume = 3 | pages = 1035–1037 | doi =10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3495}}</ref>
* c. February &ndash; [[Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Jabali]], Muslim governor
* June &ndash; [[Ali ibn al-Madini]], Muslim [[Ulama|scholar]] (b. [[778]])
* c. June? &ndash; [[Ragenar]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens|Amiens]]
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Walafrid Strabo]], Frankish [[Theology|theological]] writer
* [[Conaing mac Flainn]], king of [[Kings of Brega|Brega]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Connagan]], bishop of [[Clonfert]] (Ireland)
* [[Guntbold]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen|Rouen]]
* [[Itakh]] (Ītākh al-Khazarī), Muslim general
* [[Zhang Zhongwu]], Chinese general

== References ==
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