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2845 Franklinken
__NOTOC__ Year 845 (Roman numerals, DCCCXLV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine wars, Byzantine–Arab War: A Arab–Byzantine prisoner exchanges#Prisoner exchanges, prisoner exchange occurs between the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate, at the Limonlu River, River Lamos in Cilicia (modern Turkey). The exchanges last for 10 days, and the Byzantines recover 4,600 prisoners. Europe * March 28 or March 29, 29 (Easter) – Siege of Paris (845), Siege of Paris: Vikings, Viking forces under the Norsemen, Norse chieftain Ragnar Lodbrok enter the Seine, River Seine, with a fleet of 120 longships (5,000 men). They pass through the city of Rouen and plunder the countryside. King Charles the Bald assembles an army and sends it to protect Paris, the capital of the West Francia, West Frankish Kingdom. Ragnar routs the enemy forces, and hangs 111 of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viking Siege Of Paris
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9–22. They also voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, Volga Bulgaria, the Middle East, and North America. In some of the countries they raided and settled in, this period is popularly known as the Viking Age, and the term "Viking" also commonly includes the inhabitants of the Scandinavian homelands as a collective whole. The Vikings had a profound impact on the early medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Estonia, and Kievan Rus'. Expert sailors and navigators aboard their characteristic longships, Vikings established Norse settlements and governments in the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, and the Baltic coast, as well as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
