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(8th century - 9th century - 10th century - other centuries)
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Events
Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century
Viking attacks on Europe begin
Oseberg ship burial
The Magyars arrive in what is now Hungary, forcing the Serbs and Bulgars south of the Danube.
The Tukolor settle in the Senegal river valley.
Muslim traders settle in the north-west and south-east of Madagascar.
around 813-around 915 - period of serious Arab naval raids on shores of Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas
800-909 - rule of Aghlabids as independent dynasty in North Africa
850-875 - The first Norse settlers arrive on Iceland.
863-879 - period of schism between eastern and western churches
Late 9th century: Bulgaria stretches from the mouth of the Danube to Epirus and Bosnia.
Significant people
Alfred the Great
Arnulf of Carinthia
Charlemagne
Louis the Pious
Adi Sankara
Anup von Kelkar
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Vulgar Latin begins to devolve into various Romance languages
First image of a rotary grindstone in a European source - illustration shows crank, first known use of a crank in the West (Utrecht Psalter, A.D. 843)
Decades and years
Category:9th century
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