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| - Western Europe: The Holy Roman Catholic Emperor of the West and king of Italy Louis II “Murus Ecclesiae” dies without male issue; he is succeeded as king of Italy by his cousin Charles the Fat and as emperor by Charles’s father, Louis III the German. When Louis III dies too less than a year later, Charles the Fat becomes emperor as Charles III, while the kingdom of the East Franks (Germany) is carved between the other two sons of Louis the German, Pepin, (*OTL Carloman) who gets Bavaria and Swabia, and Louis IV who gets Saxony and Franconia British Isles: Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, at firt suffers heavy defeats at the hands of the Viking invaders, then soundly repels them out of the core of his domains. Southern Europe: In Romancia (*OTL eastern Switzerland plus Valtellina) duke Waltarius, the last of the native house of the Firmians (a three century old dynasty), marries his daughter Theodula to an Alamannic feudatory, Everhard Strong Arm, to ensure a smooth succession Middle East: Ya’qub as-Saffar from his power base in eastern Persia invades Fars and Khuzistan heading for Baghdad, but his attempt is thwarted by Abbasid Caliphal forces (the Turkish Guard and the Tahirids) at the battle of Deyrol-Aqul. Central-Eastern Europe: Upon the death of prince Kocelj Pribinović, the Slavic principality of Balaton is peacefully absorbed into the Carolingian march of Carantania/Carinthia (vassal to the kingdom of the East Franks/Germany). Western Europe: HRCEW Charles III the Fat and his brothers Pepin (*OTL Carloman) and Louis begin to quarrel about their respective domains and to plot against each other Southern Europe: A Byzantine expedition led by basileus Bardas II lands in Puglia and crushes the emirate of Taranto, freeing the ancient city from Muslim yoke, then heads to Calabria reconquering Crotone and Rossano. Being this territories theoretically belonging to the HRCEW, an undeclared state of war between the latter and Byzantium follows 877 Middle East: Taking as pretext the will to help his Zanj brothers still revolting in Iraq, the strongman of Omayyad Egypt Ahmad ibn Simba invades and conquers Syria, taking Antioch, Damascus and Aleppo; the Egyptians, though, can’t advance further. Southern Europe: Gaeta (southern Latium) is made a Duchy under John I. India: Amoghavarsha I Rahstrakuta dies after firmly implanting Zoroastrism in western India aside traditional Hinduism. The eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, former Rashtrakuta vassals, proclaim independence 877-878 British Isles: Alfred the Great routs the Danes: by the Treaty of Wedmore they cede overlorship upon eastern Mercia to Wessex, retaining instead the Danelaw with the “Five Boroughs”. The Danish Viking Ubbe, a son of Ragnar Lodbrok, briefly enforces his rule over Wales; a few months after Rhodri Mawr, aging but still vigorous, comes back from his exile in Ireland and wipes away the invaders, establishing full kingship over the whole of Wales, whose other rulers are reduced to vassal state Southern Europe: Duke Lambert I of Spoleto and his brother Guido II attack the Byzantines in Puglia, forcing basileus Bardas II to raise the siege of Arab-held Reggio Calabria. The Byzantines then conquer Bari, Siponto and the whole of Puglia, establishing there the theme (province) of the Italian Chersonesos; Lambert and Guido, being inferior in numbers, withdraw north British Isles: The Viking kingdoms of Limerick and Dublin are unified, then each goes its way again British Isles: Anglo-Saxon Northumbria is finally conquered: king Egbert II is sacrificed to Odin by Halfdan I of the York/Jorvik Vikings. The Picto-Scots raid Viking-held Strathclyde. Western Europe: The county of Gerona is absorbed into that of Barcelona, which becomes a march under constant threat from Visigothic Spain Caucasus: The Armenians drive the last Abbasid governor from Dvin, their major city India: In Nepal the Raghavadevas/Thakuri succeed to the long-lasting rule of the Licchavi dynasty Southern Europe, Byzantine Empire: Basileus Bardas II advances quickly up to Latium and threatens Rome; then, confronted by an army led by HRCEW Charles III the Fat and Lambert I and Guido II of Spoleto, and hearing news of a plot to replace him with his crippled brother Theodore, he hurries back to Constantinople, having the scheming Symbatius beheaded and Theodore confined in a monastery. Western Europe: King Baldwin I Iron Arm of West Francia/France dies and his succession is immediately disputed between his young son Baldwin II, the king of Saxony and Franconia Louis, and the sub-king of Aquitaine Hugo of Els; though major battles don’t take place, chaos is rampant Far East: The Chinese rebels led by Huang Chao attack Guangzhou/Canton and massacre there thousands of Muslim, Christian, Manichaean and Jewish merchants Western Europe: To summon support from the feudatories, young Baldwin II of France ensures heritability of major fiefs with the Capitular of Quierzy: the move will soon force other rulers in Christian Europe to comply and set the stage for further feudal anarchy. Hugo, son of Louis of Saxony-Franconia, is then killed at the battle of Auxerre; Louis himself is murdered by his nephew Arnulf of Carinthia, who thus reunifies East Francia/Germany under his rule Southern Europe: In Italy duke Guido II of Spoleto and his son Guido III force Pope John VIII to crown them as co-emperors and co-kings of Italy; the deposed Charles III the Fat is killed by treason in Pavia before even being informed about that. Taking advantage of the chaos count Boso of Vienne wrests lands to both West Francia/France and Italy and founds the kingdom of Lower Burgundy, holding sway over Savoy and Provence, between the Rhone, the Alps and the Jura Central-Eastern Europe: Foundation of Prague as the capital of the Premyslid Duchy of Bohemia. 880-889 Caucasus: Iberia/Georgia gains complete independence from the Abbasid Caliphate; at Tbilisi, though, a Muslim emirate loyal to Baghdad persists Central-Eastern Europe: The Ostmark (Austria) is detached from Bavaria under margrave Aribo
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