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==Significant people== |
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* [[Louis the Pious]] |
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* [[Charles the Bald]] |
* [[Charles the Bald]] |
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* [[Louis the German]] |
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Revision as of 01:56, 11 October 2008
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Events and Trends
- 840 — Death of Louis the Pious.
- 845 — Vikings raid Western Francia (France).
- After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothair II of Lotharingia fight about the division of the empire until the treaty of Verdun (843).
- Vikings conquer Frisia, the present Netherlands and the German North Sea coastline.
- Beginning of Arab domination on Taranto, which lasts until 880.