By place 858




1 place

1.1 europe
1.2 britain
1.3 asia





by place
europe

summer – king louis german, summoned disaffected frankish nobles, invades west frankish kingdom , secures aquitaine nephew pepin ii ( younger ). king charles bald flees burgundy; saved of bishops, , fidelity of family of welfs, related judith (second wife of former emperor louis pious).
viking raiders, led björn ironside, set fire earliest church on site of chartres cathedral. charles bald pays him tribute (danegeld) save verberie (northern france).

britain

january 13 – king Æthelwulf of wessex dies after 18-year reign, , succeeded eldest son Æthelbald. marries father s young widow judith (daughter of charles bald), , becomes sole ruler of wessex. brother, Æthelberht, left rule kent , south-east of england.
february 13 – king kenneth (cináed mac ailpín), king of scots, dies after 15-year reign in has been crowned @ scone, , united various parts of scotland native dál riata. 46-year-old brother succeeds donald i, king of alba.

asia

october 7 – emperor montoku dies after 8-year reign. succeeded 8-year-old son seiwa 56th emperor of japan, fujiwara no yoshifusa (seiwa s grandfather) governing regent , great minister of council of state.
an enormous flood along grand canal inundates thousands of acres of farmland , kills tens of thousands of people in north china plain.




^ charles bald - nndb.com - english translation charles bald [1]
^ varley, p. 166.
^ bowman, p. 105.






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