851 Establishments
__NOTOC__ Year 851 (Roman numerals, DCCCLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Asia * Bagrat II Bagratuni, Armenian prince and leader of a rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate, is captured by the Abbasid army, and brought to the caliphal capital of Abbasid Samarra, Samarra. Britain * Denmark, Danish Vikings, Viking raiders enter the Thames Estuary, and plunder Canterbury and London. They land at Wembury near Plymouth, but are defeated by Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon forces led by King Ethelwulf, Ethelwulf of Wessex. His eldest son Æthelstan of Kent, accompanied by Ealdorman Ealhhere, attacks a Viking fleet off the coast at Sandwich, Kent, Sandwich, and captures nine of the enemy vessels while the remainder flees. China * Sulaiman al-Tajir, Suleiman al-Tajir, Muslim merchant and traveller, visits China during the Tang dynasty, Tang Dynasty. He observes the manufacturing of Chinese po ...
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