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855

Years: 851 852 853 854 - 855 - 856 857 858 859
Decades: 820s 830s 840s - 850s - 860s 870s 880s
Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

Events

Louis II succeeds Lothar as western emperor. Two other sons, Lothar II and Charles, also get parts of the kingdom.
Succession of Pope Benedict III (855 - 858). Anastasius is made anti-pope by Lothair.
The Slavic alphabet is created by the Saints Cyril and Methodius.
Ethelwulf, king of Wessex and Bretwalda, abdicates in favor of his son Ethelbald.
Ethelwulf grants the English churches the right to receive tithes.
Edmund becomes king of East Anglia.