812. Civil war ensues between the sons of Harun-al-Rashid, who had died
three years previously.
813. Constantinople menaced by the Bulgarian khan Krumn.
814. Death of Charlemagne; Louis _le Debonnaire_, his only surviving
son, succeeds.
815. Louis exacts an apology from Pope Leo for having exercised civil
judicial power at Rome.
817. Partition of the Frankish empire by Louis _le Debonnaire_.
826. Harold of South Jutland baptized; he receives from Louis a grant of
land in Friesland.
827. The Saxon heptarchy founded by Egbert, King of Wessex. See "EGBERT
BECOMES KING OF THE ANGLO-SAXON HEPTARCHY," iv, 372.
Beginning of the Saracen conquest of Sicily.
828. Syracuse and a great part of Catalonia captured by the Saracens.
829. North Wales submits to Egbert. Dungallo, a monk who had written a
book in defence of image-worship, is placed over the school of Pavia.
830. First rebellion of the sons of Louis _le Debonnaire_.
832. Danes land on the Isle of Sheppey, England.
833. Louis is a prisoner in the hands of his son Lothair, who assumes
full imperial power after the "Field of Lies.
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