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Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AU of Earth

Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AU of Earth

Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AU of Earth

Events Before

  1. Pope Gregory IV decrees All Saints Day a holy day of obligation for the Catholic religion

    Pope Gregory IV decrees All Saints Day a holy day of obligation for the Catholic religion

  2. Chinese Emperor Wenzong conspires with chancellor Li Xun and general Zheng Zhu to kill all the eunuchs, but the plot is

    Chinese Emperor Wenzong conspires with chancellor Li Xun and general Zheng Zhu to kill all the eunuchs, but the plot is foiled. Also known as the Sweet Dew Incident

  3. Pactum Sicardi is signed, a peace agreement between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples

    Pactum Sicardi is signed, a peace agreement between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples

Events After

  1. Battle at Fontenay: Louis & Charles beat their brother Lotharius I

    Battle at Fontenay: Louis & Charles beat their brother Lotharius I

  2. Charles II and Louis the German sign the Oaths of Strasbourg, a pact uniting their armies in the fight against their old

    Charles II and Louis the German sign the Oaths of Strasbourg, a pact uniting their armies in the fight against their older brother Lothar

  3. Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates the veneration of icons in chu

    Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates the veneration of icons in churches

  4. Icon veneration officially re-instated in Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople

    Icon veneration officially re-instated in Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople

  5. Vikings sail up the Loire with 67 ships and destroy Frankish-held city of Nantes

    Vikings sail up the Loire with 67 ships and destroy Frankish-held city of Nantes

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