March –
Robert the Strong is appointed
margrave of
Neustria by King
Charles the Bald. He re-establishes the
Breton March, and extends his remit by campaigning against
Salomon, duke 'king' of
Brittany. Robert hires a combined
Seine-
Loire fleet for 6,000 pounds of
silver, 'before Salomon can ally with them against him'. In return, Salomon enlists 12 Viking ships under the command of
Hastein, to raid the county of
Maine, which, with
Anjou, becomes squeezed between Brittany and Neustria.
Al-Mutawakkil, Abbasid
caliph (b.
822), On the night of 11 December, about one hour after midnight, the Turk guards burst in the chamber where the Caliph and al-Fath were having supper. Al-Fath was killed trying to protect the Caliph, who was killed next. His son, Al-Muntasir, who now assumed the caliphate, initially claimed that al-Fath had murdered his father, and that he had been killed after; within a short time, however, the official story changed to al-Mutawakkil choking on his drink.[1][2]