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Danes land in Wessex from thirty-five ships, and defeat Egbert.
The regular succession of Scottish kings begins with Alpine.
834. Continuance of the differences between the Anglo-Saxon and Roman
clergy in England. See "EGBERT BECOMES KING OF THE ANGLO-SAXON
HEPTARCHY," iv, 372.
Lothair compelled by his brother to restore their father, Louis, to his
throne.
835. Egbert defeats a combined army of Danes and Cornish Britons at
Hengston.
Danes invade the Netherlands and sack Utrecht.
836. Antwerp is burned and Flanders ravaged by the Danes.
Death of the first English king, Egbert.
837. First incursion of the Danes up the Rhine.
838. The Danes sail up the Loire and ravage the country as far as Tours.
Caliph Montassem invades Asia Minor.
839. Venetians repress the piracy of the Dalmatians, but lose their
ships in an attack on the Saracens at Tarento.
840. Death of Louis _le Debonnaire_ at Ingelheim; his empire divided
into three separate states: Lothair (Emperor), taking Italy; Charles,
France; Louis, Bavaria or Germany. Disputes follow.
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