797.  Irene deposes and puts out the eyes of her son, Emperor Constantine VI of the Eastern Empire.

799.  Charlemagne finally conquers the Avars or Huns.

800.  Pope Leo III presides at the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor of the West.  See “CAREER OF CHARLEMAGNE,” iv, 334.

Egbert is recalled from France by the West Saxons, who make him their king; the name of England is given to his dominions.

801.  Barcelona is conquered from the Moors by the Franks.

802.  Harun-al-Rashid murders the Barmecides, a powerful Persian family of high renown.

807.  Harun-al-Rashid founds public schools; he sends an embassy to Charlemagne with rich presents, among which is a curious clock of brass.

The Saracens of Spain repulsed in their attempt on Sardinia and Corsica.

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.”

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.