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The young Alfred leads the English in their first significant victory over the Danes, at Ashdown
Vikings arrive in Iceland and form a settlement on the site of modern Rejkjavik
The Fujiwara family creates for itself a new hereditary office, that of imperial chancellor, through which it effectively rules Japan
Rhodri Mawr, or Rhodri the Great, is widely accepted as king of almost the whole of Wales
Oleg, leader of the Rus, seizes the town of Kiev and makes his headquarters there
Alfred captures London from the Danes, pressing them back into the region of Danelaw where their rule is, for the moment, tolerated
The Magyars, under the leadership of Arpad, establish themselves in Hungary
With the end of inconoclasm, the screen between the nave and the altar sanctuary becomes covered in icons in Orthodox churches
A Tamil kingdom, established by the Cholas, controls the whole of south India and will last for two centuries
Chan Chan, today the largest of the ruined Andean cities, dominates the entire length of Peru
Zoroastrians migrate from Muslim Persia to India, where they become known as Parsees
The Samanids, replacing the Saffarids, transform their capital at Bukhara into a centre of Persian culture
Playing cards are in use in T'ang dynasty China.
The leader of a peasant uprising captures and kills the Chinese emperor, bringing to an end the T'ang dynasty
Monastic reform, begun at Cluny, is so successful that more than 1000 Benedictine houses eventually follow the Cluniac example
Paper money is developed in China, becoming later one of the aspects of Chinese life which most impresses Marco Polo
The Vikings settle in France, as Normans, when Rollo the Ganger is granted feudal rights over the region round Rouen
Henry I is elected king of the east Frankish kingdom, consisting of four great feudal duchies - Bavaria, Swabia, Saxony and Franconia
After years of raiding up the Shannon, the Vikings capture Limerick
The Jewish calendar, deriving originally from the example of Babylon, is given its lasting form
Wenceslas, a prince of the Premsylid family, is murdered on his way into church - and becomes Bohemia's patron saint
An althing of chieftains establishes the commonwealth of Iceland, which will survive for more than three centuries
Saadiah Gaon writes a seminal work of Jewish philosophy in his Book of Beliefs and Opinions
Wank Kon changes the name of his kingdom to Koryo, meaning 'high and beautiful', thus providing the rest of the world with the name Korea
A Chinese engineer, Chiao Wei-yo, is credited with devising the principle of the two-level pound lock for canals
