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Encyclopedia : 8 : 84 : 840 : 840
| Years: 836 837 838 839 - 840 - 841 842 843 844 | |
| Decades: 810s 820s 830s - 840s - 850s 860s 870s | |
| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century | |
Events
- After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Lothar, Charles the Bald and Louis the German fight over the division of the empire, with Lothar succeeding as Emperor.
- Tang Wu Zong succeeds Tang Wen Zong as emperor of China.
- Foundation of Dublin by Vikings.
- Aed I of Scotland (approximate date) (d. 878)
- Edmund of East Anglia (approximate date) (d. 870)
- June 20 - Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)
- Emperor Junna, emperor of Japan (b. 786)
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