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THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 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. |
