What happened in 856?
4 recorded events in 856, including 2 in wars & conflicts, 1 in disasters & pandemics and 1 in people.
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Wars & Conflicts 2
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Siege of Paris
856 siege
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Battle of Llandudno
856 battle at Llandudno in 856 between the Welsh and the invading English
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People 1
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Rabanus Maurus died
Archbishop of Mainz and writer (d. 856)
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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856 Damghan earthquake
Earthquake in Damghan County, Iran
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 856.
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Bulgar–Serb War
853 war between the First Bulgarian Empire and the Serbian Principality
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Abd al-Malik ibn Habīb died
Andalusian Arab polymath (796–853)
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Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 854
Part of the Croatian–Bulgarian wars
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Khalifa ibn Khayyat died
Arab historian of Abbasid era (777-854)
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Treaty of Prüm
Treaty
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Leo IV died
Pope of the Catholic Church
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Ahmad ibn Hanbal died
Muslim jurist and theologian (780–855)
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Ziryab died
9th-century poet and musician
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Bonneval Abbey
Abbey located in Eure-et-Loir, France
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Benedict III died
Pope (810-858)
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Li Shangyin died
Chinese poet and writer
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Hilduin died
Theologian, abbot of St Denis, bishop and archbishop
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