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Pope Sergius II (844–847)Year 844 (DCCCXLIV ) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
Events By place Byzantine Empire Europe Viking raiders ascend the River Garonne as far as the city of Toulouse , and pillage the lands of Septimania . Part of the marauding Vikings invades Galicia (Northern Spain ), where some perish in a storm at sea. After being defeated in Corunna , the Scandinavian raiders sack the Umayyad cities of Seville (see below ), Niebla , Beja , and Lisbon .[2] Summer – King Charles the Bald struggles against the repeated rebellions in Aquitaine , and against the Bretons in West Francia . He besieges Bernard I at the Battle of Toulouse , while Duke Nominoe raids into Maine , and plunders other Frankish territory.[3] June 15 – Louis II , eldest son of Emperor Lothair I , is crowned king at Rome by Pope Sergius II , and becomes co-ruler of Middle Francia , and over Lombardy , Friuli , and Tuscany in Italy .September 25 –November 11 or 17 – Viking raid on Seville (844) : Vikings arrive in Seville by the Guadalquivir , taking the city on October 1 or 3 and pillaging it; but are expelled by forces of the Emirate of Córdoba .Britain By topic Religion Births Deaths January 11 – Michael I , former Byzantine emperorJanuary 25 – Gregory IV , pope of the Catholic Church Abdallah ibn Tahir , Muslim governor (or 845 )Abu Ja'far Ashinas , Muslim generalAlberik II , Frankish bishop Bera , count of Barcelona Bernard II , count of Poitiers Bernard I , duke of Septimania Chen Yixing , chancellor of the Tang Dynasty Ekkehard , Frankish nobleman Galindo Garcés , count of Aragon Hugh , illegitimate son of Charlemagne (b. 802 )Merfyn Frych , king of Gwynedd (Wales )Mukhariq , Abbasid court singerNithard , Frankish historian Rædwulf , king of Northumbria (approximate date)Tachibana no Hayanari , Japanese calligrapher (d. 782 )Theodrada , Frankrish princess and abbess (or 853 )References Sources