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<catset>Category="840"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="836">836</a> <a href="837">837</a> <a href="838">838</a> <a href="839">839</a> - 840 - <a href="841">841</a> <a href="842">842</a> <a href="843">843</a> <a href="844">844</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b><a href="List of decades">Decades</a>:</b></small><br><a href="810s">810s</a> <a href="820s">820s</a> <a href="830s">830s</a> - <b><a href="840s">840s</a></b> - <a href="850s">850s</a> <a href="860s">860s</a> <a href="870s">870s</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center><small><b><a href="Centuries">Centuries</a>:</b></small><br><a href="8th century">8th century</a> - <b><a href="9th century">9th century</a></b> - <a href="10th century">10th century</a></td></tr></table><p></right><p><b>Events</b> <ul> <li> After the death of <a href="Louis the Pious">Louis the Pious</a>, his sons <a href="Lothair">Lothar</a>, <a href="Charles the Bald">Charles the Bald</a> and <a href="Louis the German">Louis the German</a> fight over the division of the empire, with Lothar succeding as Emperor. <li><a href="Emperor Wuzong of Tang China">Tang Wu Zong</a> succeeds Tang Wen Zong as emperor of <a href="China">China</a>. <li> Foundation of <a href="Dublin">Dublin</a> by <a href="Viking">Vikings</a>. </ul><p><b>Births</b> <ul> <li><a href="Aedh of Scotland">Aed I of Scotland</a> (approximate date) (d. <a href="878">878</a>) <li><a href="Edmund the Martyr">Edmund of East Anglia</a> (approximate date) (d. <a href="870">870</a>) </ul><p><b>Deaths</b> <ul> <li><a href="June 20">June 20</a> - <a href="Louis the Pious">Louis the Pious</a>, King of the Franks, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. <a href="778">778</a>) <li><a href="Emperor Junna">Emperor Junna</a>, emperor of Japan (b. <a href="786">786</a>) </ul>