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856

Year 856 (DCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

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By place

Byzantine Empire

March 15 – Emperor Michael III overthrows the regency of his mother Theodora. He appoints his uncle Bardas as the de facto regent and co-ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

Europe

King Charles the Bald cedes the county of Maine to Erispoe, ruler (duke) of BrittanyÃ¢ÂÂthis in return for an alliance against the Vikings.
King OrdoÃÂ±o I of Asturias is said to have begun the repopulation of the town of LeÃÂ³n in the northwest of Spain (approximate date).

Britain

October 1 – King ÃÂthelwulf of Wessex marries the 12- or 13-year-old Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, at Verberie (Northern France). She is crowned queen and anointed by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims. The marriage is a diplomatic alliance between Wessex and the West Frankish Kingdom.
Winter – ÃÂthelwulf returns to Wessex to face a revolt by his eldest son ÃÂthelbald, who usurps the throne. ÃÂthelwulf agrees to give up the western part of his kingdom, in order to avoid a civil war. He keeps control over Sussex, Surrey, Essex and Kent, over which Prince ÃÂthelberht has presided.

By topic

Geology

November (approximate date) – An earthquake in Corinth, Greece kills an estimated 45,000 people.
December 3 – Another earthquake strikes the Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Tunisia), also killing an estimated 45,000 people.
December 22 – Another earthquake strikes Damghan (modern-day Iran), killing an estimated 200,000 people.</onlyinclude>

Births

October 24 – Li Keyong, Shatuo governor (jiedushi) (d. 908)
Li Maozhen, Chinese warlord and king (d. 924)

Deaths

January 7 – Aldric, bishop of Le Mans
February 4 – Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz
August 6 – Fujiwara no Nagara, Japanese statesman (b. 802)
August 16 – Theutbald I, bishop of Langres
Florinus of RemÃÂ¼s, Frankish priest and martyr
Godfrid Haraldsson, Viking chieftain (approximate date)
Guerin, Frankish nobleman (or 845)
Ilyas ibn Asad, Muslim emir (approximate date)
Muhammad I Abu 'l-Abbas, Muslim emir

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