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[[File:Garcia Iñiguez de Pamplona -The Portuguese Genealogy (Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal).png|upright=1.35|thumb|[[García Íñiguez of Pamplona]] (c. 805–870)]]
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Year '''851''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Asia ====
* [[Bagrat II Bagratuni]], Armenian prince and leader of a rebellion against the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], is captured by the Abbasid army, and brought to the caliphal capital of [[Abbasid Samarra|Samarra]].{{sfn|Laurent|1919|pp=117–118, 122}}{{sfn|Ter-Ghewondyan|1976|pp=42–43}}

==== Britain ====
* [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders enter the [[Thames Estuary]], and plunder [[Canterbury]] and [[London]]. They land at [[Wembury]] near [[Plymouth]], but are defeated by [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] forces led by King [[Ethelwulf|Ethelwulf of Wessex]]. His eldest son [[Æthelstan of Kent]], accompanied by [[Ealdorman]] Ealhhere, attacks a Viking fleet off the coast at [[Sandwich, Kent|Sandwich]], and captures nine of the enemy vessels while the remainder flees.<ref>Paul Hill (2009): ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 14. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>

==== China ====
* [[Sulaiman al-Tajir|Suleiman al-Tajir]], Muslim merchant and traveller, visits [[China]] during the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]]. He observes the manufacturing of [[Chinese porcelain]] at [[Guangzhou]], and writes of his admiration for its transparent quality. Suleiman also describes the [[mosque]] at Guangzhou, its [[granaries]], its local government administration, some of its written records, and the treatment of travellers, along with the use of ceramics, [[rice wine]], and tea (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Jengland]]: Duke [[Erispoe]] takes command of the [[Bretons|Breton]] forces after his father [[Nominoe]], king of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]], dies. He continues an offensive against the [[Franks]] in alliance with [[Lambert II of Nantes]]. In [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] near [[Grand-Fougeray]] (Brittany), Erispoe defeats a [[Francia|Frankish]]-[[Saxons|Saxon]] army (4,000 men) led by King [[Charles the Bald]].<ref name = "smi">Smith, Julia M. H. ''Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians''. Cambridge University Press: 1992.</ref>
* [[Battle of Jengland#Treaty of Angers|Treaty of Angers]]: Charles the Bald meets Erispoe in [[Angers]], and acknowledges him as "king of Brittany". He recognizes the authority of Breton rule over the areas around [[County of Nantes|Nantes]], [[County of Rennes|Rennes]] and [[Pays de Retz]], which become part of the [[Marches of Neustria|Breton March]], a border zone. Erispoe takes the [[oath]] to Charles as king of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]] (but not an ''hommage lige'' which would be an [[allegiance]]). To mark the sovereignty of the Breton state, the future [[List of rulers of Brittany|Dukes of Brittany]] are crowned as "Duke, king in their lands".<ref>[[Annales Bertiniani]].</ref>
* September &ndash; King [[Pepin II of Aquitaine]] is captured by the forces of Count [[Sancho II Sánchez of Gascony|Sans II Sancion]], and handed over to Charles the Bald. He is detained in the [[monastery]] of [[Abbey of St. Medard, Soissons|Saint Medard]] in [[Soissons]].<ref>Higounet, 39 n57.</ref>
* Emperor [[Lothair I]] meets with his (half) brothers [[Louis the German]] and Charles the Bald in [[Meerssen]] (modern-day [[Netherlands]]), to continue the system of "con-fraternal government".
* King [[Íñigo Arista of Pamplona]] dies after a 27-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [[García Íñiguez of Pamplona|García Íñiguez]], as king of [[Kingdom of Pamplona|Pamplona]] (later [[Kingdom of Navarra|Navarra]]).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The [[Great Mosque of Samarra]] (modern [[Iraq]]) is completed during the reign of Caliph [[Al-Mutawakkil]].
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== Births ==
* [[Otto I, Duke of Saxony|Otto I]], duke of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Nominoe]], king (or [[duke]]) of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]]
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Ebbo]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims|Reims]]
* [[July 16]] &ndash; [[Sisenandus of Beja|Sisenandus]], deacon and martyr<ref name="AgiologioLusitano">{{cite book |last=Sousa |first=António Caetano de |date=1744 |title=Agiologio Lusitano dos santos, e varoens illustres em virtude do Reino de Portugal, e suas Conquistas |trans-title=Lusitanian Hagiology, of the saints and men illustrious in their virtue from the Kingdom of Portugal |url=https://archive.org/details/agiologiolusitan04card_0 |language=pt |location=Lisbon |publisher=Regia Officina Sylviana, e da Academia Real |volume=''' '''Volume IV |pages=199–201 }}</ref>
* [[Cináed mac Conaing]], king of [[Kings of Brega|Brega]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Ermengarde of Tours]], Frankish empress
* [[Íñigo Arista of Pamplona|Íñigo Arista]], king of [[Kingdom of Pamplona|Pamplona]] (or [[852]])
* [[Ishaq ibn Yahya ibn Mu'adh]], Muslim governor
* [[Mor Frideborg]], Swedish [[Nobility|noblewoman]]
* [[Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim|Muhammad ibn Ishaq]], Muslim governor
* [[Ólchobar mac Cináeda]], king of [[Munster]] (Ireland)
* [[Radelchis I of Benevento|Radelchis I]], prince (or duke) of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]]
* [[Siconulf of Salerno|Siconulf]], prince of [[Principality of Salerno|Salerno]] (approximate date)
* [[Vlastimir]], prince of [[Principality of Serbia (early medieval)|Serbia]] (approximate date)
* [[Zhou Chi]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] (b. [[793]])

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book | last = Laurent | first = Joseph L.| title = L'Arménie entre Byzance et l'Islam: depuis la conquête arabe jusqu'en 886 | year = 1919 | language = French | publisher = De Boccard | location = Paris | url = http://cefael.efa.gr/detail.php?site_id=1&actionID=page&serie_id=BefarA&volume_number=117&issue_number=0 }}
* {{The Arab Emirates in Bagratid Armenia}}

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