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==== Europe ====
* The Frankish [[Nobility|nobles]], who have ruled [[Provence]] in [[anarchy]] (since [[887]]), declare [[Louis the Blind]] (a son of the late [[usurper]] King [[Boso of Provence|Boso]]) ruler of [[Lower Burgundy]], at an assembly at [[Valence, Drôme|Valence]].  
* The sovereignty of [[Svatopluk I of Moravia|Svatopluk I]], ruler (''[[knyaz]]'') of [[Great Moravia|Moravia]], is confirmed in [[Bohemia]].   [[Lusatia]] becomes a part of his kingdom (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Alfred the Great]] begins to commission and undertake a series of translations into [[Old English]], beginning with his own version of Pope [[Pope Gregory I|Gregory the Great]]'s ''[[Pastoral Care]]''.
* Lord [[Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians|Æthelred II]] and Lady [[Æthelflæd]] (a daughter of Alfred the Great) of the [[Mercia]]ns found the [[St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester|Priory of St. Oswald]] in [[Gloucester]] (probably originally dedicated to [[Saint Peter|St. Peter]]).<ref name=ps1>St Oswald's Priory, English Heritage.</ref>
* [[Ohthere of Hålogaland]], a Norse [[Vikings|Viking]] seafarer, narrates the story of his travels to Alfred the Great, who arranges for it to be written down.
* King [[Anarawd ap Rhodri]] of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] makes the first ceremonial visit to an English [[Court (royal)|court]] (that of Alfred the Great).
* King [[Donald II]] of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] expels the British [[aristocracy]] of [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Strathclyde]]. They flee south to [[North Wales]].
* The town of [[Kirby Muxloe]] (in modern-day [[Leicestershire]]) is founded in [[England]] (approximate date).
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