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Events 11 May: Printing of The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book. Aghlabid dynasty of Tunisia takes Malta. In Metz, Charles the Bald and Louis the German decide on a division of the lands of former emperor Lothar (now in possession of Lothar II and Louis II). In England Alfred the Great marries Ealhswith and goes to the aid of Burgred of Mercia, who is attacked by Danes. Ratramnus writes Contra Graecorum opposita. Establishment of the County of Portugal, by Vímara Peres, after the reconquest from the Moors of the region north of the Douro River Births Muhammad al-Mahdi, Shia Imam. Deaths July 1 - Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (b. 828) Ratramnus, theologian (approximate date)
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