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- Events By place Byzantine Empire Europe Britain By topic Geology
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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}}{{Year dab|856}}{{Year nav|856}}{{M1 year in topic}}Year 856 (DCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire - March 15 – Emperor Michael III overthrows the regency of his mother Theodora and the logothete Theoktistos. He appoints his uncle Bardas as the de facto regent and co-ruler of the Byzantine Empire.[1]
Europe - King Charles the Bald cedes the county of Maine to Erispoe, ruler (duke) of Brittany—this in return for an alliance against the Vikings.
- King Ordoño I of Asturias is said to have begun the repopulation of the town of León in the northwest of Spain (approximate date).
Britain - October 1 – King Æthelwulf of Wessex marries the 12- or 13-year-old Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, at Verberie (Northern France). She is crowned queen and anointed by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims. The marriage is a diplomatic alliance between Wessex and the West Frankish Kingdom.[2]
- Winter – Æthelwulf returns to Wessex to face a revolt by his eldest son Æthelbald, who usurps the throne. Æthelwulf agrees to give up the western part of his kingdom, in order to avoid a civil war. He keeps control over Sussex, Surrey, Essex and Kent, over which Prince Æthelberht has presided.{{sfnm|1a1=Keynes|1y=1998|1p=7|2a1=Abels|2y=2002|2p=89}}
By topic Geology - November (approximate date) – An earthquake in Corinth in Greece kills an estimated 45,000 people.
- December 3 – Another earthquake strikes the Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Tunisia), also killing an estimated 45,000 people.[3]
- December 22 – Another earthquake strikes Damghan (modern-day Iran), killing an estimated 200,000 people.
Births - October 24 – Li Keyong, Shatuo governor (jiedushi) (d. 908)
- Li Maozhen, Chinese warlord and king (d. 924)
Deaths - January 7 – Aldric, bishop of Le Mans
- February 4 – Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz
- August 6 – Fujiwara no Nagara, Japanese statesman (b. 802)
- August 16 – Theutbald I, bishop of Langres
- Florinus of Remüs, Frankish priest and martyr
- Godfrid Haraldsson, Viking chieftain (approximate date)
- Guerin, Frankish nobleman (or 845)
- Ilyas ibn Asad, Muslim emir (approximate date)
- Muhammad I Abu 'l-Abbas, Muslim emir
References 1. ^{{harvnb|Treadgold|1997|pp=450–451}}.
2. ^Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 18. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://earthquakes.findthedata.org/q/223/27/How-many-casualties-did-the-Tunisia-Tunis-Syria-Egypt-Yemen-Earthquake-in-856-cause|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20131118150918/http://earthquakes.findthedata.org/q/223/27/How-many-casualties-did-the-Tunisia-Tunis-Syria-Egypt-Yemen-Earthquake-in-856-cause|deadurl=yes|title=How many casualties...?|work=FindTheData|date=2013-11-18|archivedate=2013-11-18|accessdate=2017-12-22}}
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