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THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
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802. | Egbert, formerly an English refugee at the court of Charlemagne, established himself as King of Wessex. |
810. | Krum of Bulgaria defeated and killed the Emperor Nicephorus. |
814. | Charlemagne died, Louis the Pious succeeds him. |
828. | Egbert became first King of England. |
843. | Louis the Pious died, and the Carlovingian Empire went to pieces. Until 962 there was no regular succession of Holy Roman Emperors, though the title appeared intermittently. |
850. | About this time Rurik (a Northman) became ruler of Novgorod and Kieff. |
852. | Boris first Christian King of Bulgaria (to 884). |
865. | The fleet of the Russians (Northmen) threatened Constantinople. |
886. | The Treaty of Alfred of England and Guthrum the Dane, establishing the Danes in the Danelaw. |
904. | Russian (Northmen) fleet off Constantinople. |
912. | Rolf the Ganger established himself in Normandy. |
919. | Henry the Fowler elected King of Germany. |
928. | Marozia imprisoned Pope John X. |
931. | John XI Pope (to 936). |
936. | Otto I became King of Germany in succession to his father, Henry the Fowler. |
941. | Russian fleet again threatened Constantinople. |
955. | John XII Pope. |
960. | Northern Sung Dynasty began in China. |
962. | Otto I, King of Germany, crowned Emperor (first Saxon Emperor) by John XII. |
963. | Otto deposed John XII. |
969. | Separate Fatimite Caliphate set up in Egypt. |
973. | Otto II. |
983. | Otto III. |
987. | Hugh Capet became King of France. End of the Carlovingian line of French kings. |
1013. | Canute became King of England, Denmark, and Norway. |
1037. | Avicenna of Bokhara, the Prince of Physicians, died. |
1043. | Russian fleet threatened Constantinople. |