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== Deaths ==
* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Muflih al-Turki]], Abbasid general
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Pope Adrian II|Adrian II]], pope of [[Rome]] (b. [[792]])
* [[Artgal of Alt Clut|Artgal]], king of [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Strathclyde]] ([[Scotland]])
* [[Athanasius I (bishop of Naples)|Athanasius I]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Naples|Naples]] (b. [[830]])
* [[Cenn Fáelad hua Mugthigirn]], king of [[Munster]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Chrysocheir]], leader of the [[Paulicianism|Paulicians]] (or [[878]])
* [[Fujiwara no Yoshifusa]], Japanese [[Sesshō and Kampaku|regent]] (b. [[804]])
* [[Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani]], Muslim [[hadith]] scholar
* [[Ivar the Boneless]], Viking chief (approximate date)
* [[Sargis (Nestorian patriarch)|Sargis]], patriarch of the [[Church of the East]]
* [[Zhang Yichao]], general of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (b. [[785]])