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855
Years:
851
852
853
854
-
855
-
856
857
858
859
Decades
:
820s
830s
840s
-
850s
-
860s
870s
880s
Centuries
:
8th century
-
9th century
-
10th century
Events
Louis II
succeeds
Lothair
as western emperor. Two other sons, Lothair and Charles, also get parts of the kingdom.
Succession of
Pope Benedict III
(855 -
858
). Anastasius is made anti-pope by Lothair.
Ethelwulf
, king of
Wessex
and
Bretwalda
, abdicates in favor of his son
Ethelbald
.
Ethelwulf grants the English churches the right to receive
tithes
.
Edmund
becomes king of
East Anglia
.
Births
Deaths
Lothair
, western emperor
Pope Leo IV
(
847
- 855)