__NOTOC__ Year 854 (DCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events By place Europe Emperor Lothair I meets his (half) brothers (Louis the German and Charles the Bald) in Attigny, Ardennes for the third time, to continue the system of "con-fraternal government". Viking chieftains Rorik and Godfrid Haraldsson return to Denmark, to gain power after the death of King Horik I. During a civil war, they are forced to go back to Friesland.Norsemen in the Low Countries: Extracts from the Annales Bertiniani, 855 entry The German city of Ulm is first mentioned, in a document by Louis the German.Zeit.de: Das Alter der Städte Croatian–Bulgarian battle: Bulgarian Khan (later Knyaz) Boris I, attacks the Duchy of Littoral Croatia, ruled by Duke Trpimir I during the First Croatian-Bulgarian War. It is fought on the Croatian territory in the vicinity of the Croatian–Bulgarian border in present-day northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. None of the warring sides emerges victorious, Bulgarian forces retreat and finally both parties subsequently conclude a peace treaty.
Britain King Æthelwulf of Wessex sends his two youngest sons, Alfred and Æthelred, on a pilgrimage to Rome.ASC 854 - English translation at Project Gutenberg King Æthelweard of East Anglia dies, and is succeeded by his 14-year-old son Edmund ("the Martyr").Kirby, The Earliest English Kings, p. 161. King Cyngen of Powys makes the first pilgrimage to Rome of a Welsh ruler. Viking chieftain Ubba winters in Milford Haven (Wales) with 23 ships.Milford Haven Town Council website History, Chronology of Events
By topic Religion Eardulf becomes bishop of Lindisfarne, after the death of Eanbert.
Births Al-Mu'tadid, Muslim caliph (or 861) Cadell ap Rhodri, king of Seisyllwg (d. 909) Cui Yin, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 904) Theobald the Elder, Frankish nobleman (d. 942)
Deaths Abu Thawr, Muslim scholar (b. 764) Æthelweard, king of East Anglia Eanbert, bishop of Lindisfarne Horik I, Viking king of Denmark Liudger, bishop of Utrecht (approximate date) Osburh, queen of Wessex (approximate date) Sahnun ibn Sa'id, Muslim jurist (or 855) Túathal mac Máele-Brigte, king of Leinster Wang Yuankui, Chinese general (b. 812) Wigmund, archbishop of York
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