A U. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



fire of the Frank*. In 841 or 842, comet ap- 

 peared in Amiariui. 



843. A partition of the French dominions among the 



three brother*. Godescalchut, the heretic, ob. 



844. The king of CorJuba defeated by the king of 



Spain. A comet appeared above Venus. The 

 Vandal* defeated by the king of Germany. 

 Irruption of the Normans into Germany. Htnc- 



nurui. archbishop of Rheims, ob. 882. 

 Rome besieged by the Saracens. 

 A great earthquake in Italy. 

 816. The Saracens defeat the Venetian fleet in Crotona 



Bay. 

 849. The pope's allies defeat the Saracen fleet. 



Christianity propagated by Aiischarius, in Den- 

 mark and Sweden. 



851. England invaded by the Normans. The Spaniards 



defeated by the Moors. Sardinia and Corsica ra- 

 vaged by the Saracens. 



852. The English defeat the Danes at Okley. The 



Christians in Spain persecuted by the M;>ors. 



853. The Normans obtain possession of tome cities in 



France. 

 Lotharios retires to a monastery, and dies. 



856. Coasts of Holland plundered by the Normans. An 



earthquake over a great part of the world. 



857. The Britons defeat the Scots. 



859. Carriages used on the Adriatic during an intense 



frost. Photius deposed in 886. 



860. The schism of the Greeks begins. 



861. Ruric, the first Russian prince, begins his reign. 

 86t2. Christianity propagated among the Sclavonians. 



865. Civil war in the East among the Saracens. Italy 



ravaged by the Saracens. 



866. Aoastasius the librarian, ob. about 886. 



867. The Danes conquer Northumberland. Christiani- 



ty propagated in Bulgaria. 



868. Egypt throws off its dependence on the caliphs of 



Bagdad under Ahmed. A large comet appeared. 



870. England ravaged by the Danes. 



-~_. Clocks brought to Constantinople from Venice. 

 Alfred defeated by the Danes near Wilton. Char- 

 lemagne wages war against the Saxons. 



~ . !. France desolated by locusts and pestilence. 



*7 4. Scotland invaded by the Danes. In 874 or 876 

 a large red comet appeared. 



875. A bearded comet appeared in France. 



878. Alfred bide* himself in the isle of Athelney ; but 



soon after drives the Danes from England. 

 Germany invaded by the Normans. Alfraganus 

 the Arabian astronomer. 



W30. France ravaged by the Normans. Sept. 19th, A.M. 

 11* 45' Albategni observes the obliquity of the 

 ecliptic to be '23 35'. Lewis and Carloman di- 

 vide the French monarchy. 



SSI. The Normans defeated in a great battle by Lewis. 



882. A comet appeared on the 13th Feb. Albategni 

 Aractus observe* the aut. equinox at Aractus, 

 Sept. 1'Jth, 1 '' 15' after midnight, ob. about 888. 



884. Reglnon the hiuurian, ob. 908. 



885. Pan* besieged by the Normans. 



886. University of Oxford founded by Alfred. The 



Scythians seize Croatia. Charles makes a dis- 

 graceful peace with the Normans. 



888. I of Charles Ic Groa divided into five 



kingdom*. 



889. Greece ravaged by the Bulgarians. 



890. France and the Low Countric* ravaged by the 



A. D. 



Normans. Alfred divides England into counties, 

 and complete* his code of ! 



891. England again invaded by the Danes. The first 

 land-tax in England. A comet appeared in China. 



895. The monastery of Cluny is founded. 



896. Rome taken by Arnolph of Germany. 



897. War between the Greeks and Bulgarians. A great 



famine in Germany. John Asscr, the historian, 

 ob. 909. 



899. Lombardy ravaged by the Hungarians. A comet 



appeared in 898 or 899. 



900. Arnolph dies, and is succeeded by his son Louis 1 1 1. 



TENTH CENTURY. 



Civil wars in France and Germany. 



Himerius defeats the Saracens, and disperses their 



fleet. A comet appeared with its tail to the eabt, 



and continued visible for 40 days. 

 France ravaged by the Normans. 

 The Hungarians ravage Italy. A frost of 120 



days begins at the end of tin 

 Haron killed by Mahomet, the Saracen general. 



A remarkable comet appeared in China. 

 A very red comet appeared, and continued visible 



for half a year. 



The dynasty of the Fatimites begins in Africa. 

 War in England with the Danes, lasts 12 years. 

 Leo VI. dies, June 11. 

 The Normans established in France. The Carlo- 



vingian emperors end in Louis III. 

 The crown of England sei/ed by the Danes. A 



meteor with globes of h'rc appeared. 

 The Hungarians defeated by Conrad. The Sara- 

 cens defeated by Constantino's generals. 

 Saxony ravaged by the Hungarians. University 



of Cambridge founded. 

 The Saracens in Spain defeated by Ordonno II. 



who kills 70,000. 



Constantinople besieged by the Bulgarians. 

 Phocas killed by Romanus, who is raised to the 



empire. 



The Christians defeated by the Moors in Spain. 

 The Hungarians pillage Germany. Berenger de- 

 feated by Rodolph at Place ntia. 

 The Moors defeated in Spain. A comet appeared 



in China. 



Italy ravaged by the Hungarians. 

 Eudes de Cluni, ob. <)1J. 

 A comet appears in Cancer. 

 Arnolph of Bavaria defeated near Verona by Hugh, 



king of Ita.y. 

 The Hungarians defeated in Germany. A frost 



of 120 days begins at the close of the year. 

 The Saracen empire partitioned into seven king- 

 dom*. 



Luitprnnd, the historian, ob. <l7<>. 

 The Saracens defeated at Simauca by Ramirus 



king of Spain. 



Arithmetic brought into Europe. 

 Naples seized by the eastern emperors. In 941 or 



942, a comet appeared during 1.5 days of Novetn. 



ber. 



A large globe of fire appeared. 

 France invaded by the Danes. 

 FJn.und, king of England, assassinated at a feast 



given to his nobles. 

 Alfarabius, the Arabian astronomer. 



min made tributary to Otho. 

 Ik-renger driven out of Italy by Otho. 





901. 

 902. 



903. 

 904. 



905. 

 906. 



908. 

 910. 

 911. 

 912. 



913. 

 914. 

 915. 

 916. 



917. 

 919. 



920. 



<)-".'. 



923. 



929. 

 930. 

 932. 



933. 

 936. 



937. 

 939. 



941. 

 Mft 



fill-. 

 945. 

 946. 



947. 

 950. 

 951. 



