861 Establishments
__NOTOC__ Year 861 (Roman numerals, DCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * March – Robert the Strong is appointed margrave of Neustria by King Charles the Bald. He re-establishes the Marches of Neustria, Breton March, and extends his remit by campaigning against Salomon, King of Brittany, Salomon, duke 'king' of Duchy of Brittany, Brittany. Robert hires a combined Seine-Loire fleet for 6,000 pounds of silver, 'before Salomon can ally with them against him'. In return, Salomon enlists 12 Viking ships under the command of Hastein, to raid the county of Maine (province), Maine, which, with County of Anjou, Anjou, becomes squeezed between Brittany and Neustria. * Spring – The Council of Constantinople (861), Council of Constantinople, attended by 318 fathers and presided over by papal legates, confirms Photius the Great as patriarch, and passes 17 canons. * Carloman ...
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