A Sampler of Events That Made History Between 800 AD and 899 AD
813 - Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor 884 - Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 871 - Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army 867 - Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 869 - 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens 855 - St. Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 817 - St. Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV 824 - St. Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 816 - Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity 844 - Gregory IV begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope