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Years: 860Events First attack on Constantinople by Swedish Vikings (the Rus, see Varangians). Ethelbert succeeds as king of Wessex. Byzantine missionaries Cyril and Methodius arrive in Khazaria. The later Harald I of Norway becomes king. Michael I succeeds Sophroni 861Events Carloman revolts against his father Louis the German. Births Deaths 861. 862Events Rurik gained control of Novgorod. Fan Chuo finishes his Manchu ("book of the southern tribes"). Lothair, king of Lotharia divorces Teutberga and marries Waldrada. First written record of Murom. Births Deaths 2 July: St. Swithun, bishop of Wincheste 863Events Constantine I succeeds as king of Scotland. or 862) Pope Nicholas I excommunicates patriarch Photius I of Constantinople. After the death of Charles, Lothair takes part of the Jura and Louis II takes the Provence. Carloman revolts against his fathe 864Events Khan Boris I of Bulgaria is baptized an Orthodox Christian. Louis II marches against Rome, but getting ill decides on making peace with the Pope. Orso I Participazio becomes Doge of Venice. Births Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Persian pol 865Events Ethelred succeeds as king of Wessex (or 866). Ragnar Lodbrok invades England, but is defeated by king Ella of Northumbria A Russian expedition for the first time threatens Constantinople. Louis the German divides his kingdom among his sons. Lothair 866Events Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent of Japan, starting the Fujiwara regentship. Alfonso III succeeds as king of Asturias. Louis II beats the Saracen invaders in Italy. Ivar the Boneless crosses over to England and beats and captures king Ella of N 867Events September: Basil I becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. September: Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople is removed from office and banished; Ignatius is patriarch of Constantinople once again. 14 December: Adrian II becomes pope. Births Emp 868 869

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Rurik establishes the state of Novgorod (later Kievan Rus')
Basil I has first caesar Bardas (866), then emperor Michael III (867) murdered and thus rises to the power himself. One of his first acts is to depose and banish patriarch Photius I and reinstate patriarch Ignatius , who had been arrested and illegally deposed earlier.

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