859 Recordings
__FORCETOC__ Year 859 (Roman numerals, DCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * January 15 – Battle of St. Quentin: Frankish forces, led by Humfrid, defeat King Louis the German at Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Saint-Quentin (Northern France). Humfrid is Feoffment, enfeoffed with the Autun, County of Autun, and appointed Duke of Burgundy, Margrave of Burgundy, by King Charles the Bald. * Summer – The Vikings, Viking chieftains Hastein and Björn Ironside (a son of Ragnar Lodbrok) begin an expedition, and sail from the Loire, Loire River with a fleet of 62 ships, to raid cities and Monastery, monasteries in the Mediterranean Sea. * Viking raiders invade the Kingdom of Pamplona (Western Pyrenees), and capture King García Íñiguez of Pamplona, García Íñiguez I, somewhere in the Andalusian heartland. They extort a ransom, rising to around 70,000 gold dinars. * The Russian c ...
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