Historical events in 838

9 historical records

838 · England · Hingston Down · Warfare · Viking Invasions · Egbert

Battle of Hingston Down

Egbert is victorious at Hingston Down & annexes Cornwall to Wessex. Defeats a combined army of Britons and Norse at Hingston Down, Cornwall

838 · England · Cornwall · Warfare · Viking Invasions · Egbert

Capture of Cornwall

Egbert is victorious at Hingston Down & annexes Cornwall to Wessex

838 · England · Cornwall · Warfare · Viking Invasions · Egbert

Rule of Cornwall

Egbert is victorious at Hingston Down & annexes Cornwall to Wessex

838 · Germany · Warfare · Civil War · Louis I the Pious

Declaration of War

Civil war breaks out in the Empire

838 · Germany · Warfare · Civil War · Louis I the Pious

Holy Roman Empire

Civil war breaks out in the Empire

838 · Morocco · House · House of Aghlabid · Al-Aghlab

Succession

Succeeds as Amir of Morocco

838 · Roman Empire · Amorium · Warfare · Roman Empire-Saracens War · Theophilus

Battle of Amorium

Defeated by the Saracens

838 · Spain · House · House of Leon & Castille · Alfonso III the Great

Birth of Alfonso III the Great

Birth of Alfonso III the Great, son of Ordono I

838 · Tibet · Lhasa · House · Yarlung Dynasty · Langdarma

Accession of Langdarma

Langdarma succeeds Ralpachen amid growing conflict between court factions and monasteries.