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Events The Glagolitic alphabet, devised by Cyril and Methodius, missionairies from Constantinople, is adopted in the Bulgarian Empire. Alfred the Great captures London and renames it Lundenburgh. The boundaries between Wessex and the Danelaw are shifted. Alfred the Great builds a small harbour called Queenhythe slightly upstream from London Bridge. Alfred the Great mints the first halfpenny. Previous halfpennies had been pennies cut in half. Earl Aethelred is given control of London by Alfred the Great. Alfred's sister Ethelfleda marries Aethelred. Leo VI succeeds his stepfather Basil I as Byzantine emperor and replaces patriarch Photius with his brother Stephen Porphyrogometus. Khan Boris I of Bulgaria establishes the Preslav and Ohrid Literary Schools. Charles II of France purchases peace with Vikings at Paris. Births Deaths August 29 - Basil I, Byzantine Emperor
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