Battle of Edington

War

Alfred the Great of Wessex defeats the Viking Great Army under Guthrum, securing the survival of Anglo-Saxon England.

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According to the Primary Chronicle, the Varangian chieftain Rurik was invited to rule Novgorod in 862, traditionally the start of the Rurik dynasty.

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910★★★★★

Cluny Abbey is founded in Burgundy and becomes the centre of a monastic reform movement influential across Europe.

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August 843★★★★★

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August 10, 955★★★★★

King Otto I of Germany defeats the Magyars near Augsburg, ending Hungarian raids into Western Europe.

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December 25, 800★★★★★

Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans in Rome on Christmas Day.

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February 2, 962★★★★★

Pope John XII crowns Otto I emperor in Rome, commonly regarded as the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire.

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